Photographs from the Photography on the Run post: After the Springs Fire: A Run Through Pt. Mugu State Park
Boney Mountain from Satwiwa. Much of Boney Mountain didn't burn. May 25, 2013.
Sign at the Boney Mountain Wilderness Boundary describing the special rules in effect in Pt. Mugu State Park. May 25, 2013.
Upper Sycamore Canyon from Danielson Road. May 25, 2013.
Oak trees along Danielson Road. Many of these should survive. May 25, 2013.
Turnoff to the Danielson cabin site. The cabin site and most of the north side of Boney Mountain were not burned. May 25, 2013.
Chaparral ingested by the fire along the Old Boney Trail. Big Sycamore Canyon is downslope on the right. May 25, 2013.
A swath of burned chaparral on the western escarpment of Boney Mountain. May 25, 2013.
Burned laurel sumac along the Old Boney Trail. May 25, 2013.
Exposed strata of sandstone and shale in a severely burned tributary canyon of Blue Canyon. This is the Miocene age Old Topanga Formation. The fossils on the Fossil Trail are in this formation. From the Old Boney Trail. May 25, 2013.
This McLeod might have been used during the fire or to maintain area trails before the fire. May 25, 2013.
The Blue Canyon segment of the Backbone Trail from the Old Boney Trail. May 25, 2013.
Scorched California bay in upper Blue Canyon, along the Old Boney Trail. May 25, 2013.
Bottom of the Chamberlain Trail segment of the Backbone Trail. It was a close call for the Chamberlain Trail, but most of it appears to have escaped the fire. May 25, 2013.
This is how close a call it was -- the fire burned right up to the junction of the Chamberlain Trail with the Old Boney Trail. May 25, 2013.
About a quarter-mile before the Serrano Valley Trail junction a panicked deer was bounding through the unburned brush. The reason was following about 200 yards behind -- a big coyote. May 25, 2013.
Here's a closer view of the coyote. May 25, 2013.
A severely burned section of the Old Boney Trail near the Serrano Trail junction. May 25, 2013.
The number of yucca plants normally hidden from view was astounding. This is on the Old Boney Trail just before the Serrano Valley Trail junction. May 25, 2013.
An overlay of a Landsat image of burn severity using Goggle Earth. Generally, on the ground burn severity corresponded well with the image data. For example compare to the images on the Old Boney Trail between the Chamberlain Trail and Serrano Valley Trail.
Grass spider web and burrow near the junction of the Old Boney Trail and Serrano Valley Trail. May 25, 2013.
Burned grassland along the Serrano Valley Trail on the descent to Serrano Valley. May 25, 2013.
New growth along the Serrano Valley Loop Trail. Boney Mountain in the distance. May 25, 2013.
Blooming yucca on the Serrano Valley Trail. May 25, 2013.
The Serrano Valley Trail near Serrano Valley. May 25, 2013.
Surprisingly, dry grass directly on the Serrano Valley Trail didn't burn. May 25, 2013.
Dried mud in Serrano Canyon. Likely from rain in the area on May 6 that helped control the fire. Nearby Circle X recorded 0.39 inch of rainfall. May 25, 2013.
Raccoon, bobcat, fox and woodrat tracks in mud in Serrano Canyon. May 25, 2013.
Burned sycamore in Serrano Canyon. May 25, 2013.
Fire behavior in Serrano Canyon was erratic. A tree burned here while others around it did not. May 25, 2013.
Unburned greenery along the Serrano Canyon Trail. May 25, 2013.
Looking up Serrano Canyon from the (old) rock slide. May 25, 2013.
At Big Sycamore Canyon we discovered the Serrano Canyon Trail was closed. The trail was blocked in a couple of spots by fallen oaks and up canyon some steps were burned. May 25, 2013.
Mountain biker near the bottom of the Wood Canyon Vista Trail segment of the Backbone Trail. The huge log at the water faucet is gone. May 25, 2013.
Burned laurel sumac on the Wood Canyon Vista Trail. May 25, 2013.
Mountain biker ascending the Wood Canyon Vista Trail.. May 25, 2013.
Burned tree near the La Jolla Valley Trail Camps. May 25, 2013.
Burned grassland and coastal sage/scrub in La Jolla Valley. Laguna Peak in the distance. May 25, 2013.
Unburned chaparral on Hell Hill. May 25, 2013.
Gnarled, burned oak along the Two Foxes Trail. There was recently deposited mountain lion scat on the trail near here.This tree survived the 1993 Green Meadows fire. May 25, 2013.
Ghost limbs along Sycamore Canyon Road. May 25, 2013.
Burned oak near the bridge on Big Sycamore Canyon Fire Road. May 25, 2013.
Many chaparral plants regrow by crown-sprouting. This is on the Upper Sycamore Trail on May 25, 2013 -- about three weeks after it was burned.
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