Topics: Ethical Living | Environment

Moments of beauty amid B.C. wildfires

Hundreds are burning across the province in what is almost a yearly event. But despite the devastation, creation has come up with some stunning scenes. Kimiko Karpoff captured some of them in these shots from the past few years.

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Fires burning across B.C. and in Washington State create an eerie backdrop for this late-summer mountain anemone in the alpine meadow at Manning Park, B.C., August 2015.
Fires burning across B.C. and in Washington State create an eerie backdrop for this late-summer mountain anemone in the alpine meadow at Manning Park, B.C., August 2015.
Looking south from the Cascade Lookout, Manning Park, B.C., August 2015. Fires envelope the late-evening mountains in an eerie haze. Karpoff said images like these "elicit both awe and... grief, perhaps. They hold both a profound sense of the beauty of creation and the sadness of human suffering or, said another way, God's steadfast presence as we continue to fumble."
Looking south from the Cascade Lookout, Manning Park, B.C., August 2015. Fires envelope the late-evening mountains in an eerie haze. Karpoff said images like these “elicit both awe and… grief, perhaps. They hold both a profound sense of the beauty of creation and the sadness of human suffering or, said another way, God’s steadfast presence as we continue to fumble.”
Fires burning across B.C. and in Washington State cause the sky to turn a fiery red, Manning Park, B.C., August 2015.
Fires burning across B.C. and in Washington State cause the sky to turn a fiery red, Manning Park, B.C., August 2015.
Smoke from wildfires settles over Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, creating an almost-pastoral scene at Locarno Beach, August 2018.
Smoke from wildfires settles over Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, creating an almost-pastoral scene at Locarno Beach, August 2018.
After a summer thunderstorm ignited fires. Okanagan Lake at the Gellatly Nut Farm, July 2018.
After a summer thunderstorm ignited fires. Okanagan Lake at the Gellatly Nut Farm, July 2018.
After a summer thunderstorm ignited fires. West Kelowna, B.C., looking toward Peachland, July 2018.
After a summer thunderstorm ignited fires. West Kelowna, B.C., looking toward Peachland, July 2018.
Smoke from a peat-bog fire in Richmond turns the setting sun a blazing red, New Westminster, B.C., July 2018.
Smoke from a peat-bog fire in Richmond turns the setting sun a blazing red, New Westminster, B.C., July 2018.

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