In Photos: The Southern California Wildfires of 2017 Seen from Space

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Wind and Fire

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Overnight, the Santa Ana winds played an instrumental part in feeding and spreading the massive wildfires across Southern California.

Christine Lunsford
Christine Lunsford
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Christine Lunsford joined the Space.com team in 2010 as a freelance producer and later became a contributing writer, covering astrophotography images, astronomy photos and amazing space galleries and more. During her more than 10 years with Space.com, oversaw the site's monthly skywatching updates and produced overnight features and stories on the latest space discoveries. She enjoys learning about subjects of all kinds.