The Kern County firefighters were kind enough to drive us to the front lines of a wildfire burning in the hills west of I-5 near the town of Grapevine Thursday. There is nothing like the amazing beauty of something so destructive. The unimaginable heat, the beautiful smell, and the painful constant smoke in the eyes while trying to shoot-- and yet, this entity of beauty is destroying and devouring thousands of acres. It's a wonderful paradox.