Again, the hot Santa Anna winds are blowing West from the mountains. And again, these hot winds are causing a summer's worth of dry foliage to catch fire. And again the sun is occluded by the smoke.

- Omar Z.

So I was driving from Thousand Oaks down to Long Beach for the weekend and I decided to take the scenic route. It was such a beautiful drive that I actually had to stop twice and get out of the car to take pictures of what I was seeing.

At the first spot, I took the following photos:

And at the second spot, I took the following photos:

- Omar Z.