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These images collected by NASAbetween August 29th and September 6th chart the growth and consequences of the Station Fire, the largest wildfire in Los Angeles' modern history. From its earliest days as adjacent to the smaller and more expediently contained Morris Fire in the Azusa area to the massive pyrocumulous cloud that formed to the massive expanse of scorched ground and smoke wafting above, the scope of the blaze is given a new context from this perspective.
