18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Crowds gathered to watch the blaze

The Bighorn Fire burned almost 120,000 acres of forestland along the Santa Catalina Mountains during a six week period starting in June. Multiple neighborhoods throughout Northern Tucson were on high alert as the blaze neared in on city.

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Date Taken: 06.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Copyright: © David J. Del Grande