January 16, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: The mountain side in the background is the Inception Point of the Palisade Fire, which began at 10:30 am on January 7, 2025, close to Skull Rock trailhead on the Temescal Ridge Trail in Topanga State Park. The Palisades fire is currently 19% contained, has ravaged 23,713 acres, destroyed 3,328 homes/structures, and damaged another 591 with 8 civilian casualties.
January 15, 2025: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with two commercial lunar landers from Launch Complex-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Jan. 15, 2025. The primary payload is Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander as a part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, and the secondary payload is for Japan-based iSpace’s Resilience lander.
January 14, 2025, Pacific Palisades, Ca, California, USA: A freshly placed flag blows in the Santa Ana winds on this Pacific Palisades home demolished by the Pacific Palisades fire Tuesday.
January 14, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: The Mexican military has come to assist America’s National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) and Cal Fire to find human remains in the homes and businesses that burnt during the Palisades Fire. They stand on a destroyed structure, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, lined with burnt palm trees, along the Pacific Coast Highway, after a long day of sifting through toxic debris.
January 14, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: The Mexican military has come to assist America’s National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) and Cal Fire to find human remains in the homes and businesses that burnt during the Palisades Fire.
January 14, 2025, Pacific Palisades, California, USA: Driving though the fire-damaged Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles reveals the stark impact of the disaster.
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