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Unusual Rim fire time lapse from Yosemite National Park

By Kevin Roderick | August 29, 2013 9:45 AM


The National Park Service posted this time lapse of the Rim fire as observed from the Crane Flate helicopter base and looking north from Glacier Point.

As of this morning, the burn area had grown just a little more overnight to 192,737 acres, or still at 301 square miles, with 30 percent containment.


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