From The Terrible Beauty of California’s Powerhouse Fire, one of 28 photos. Yuccas catch fire as the Powerhouse fire makes a fast run toward Lake Hughes on June 1, 2013 south of Lake Hughes, California. The 32,000-acre wildfire destroyed numerous homes. More than 2,000 firefighters have been working in hot, dry conditions to establish containment lines around 60 percent of the fire as of June 4. (David McNew/Getty Images)
From Summer Down Under, one of 31 photos. A white shelf cloud caps brownish dirt from a dust storm, or haboob, as it travels across the Indian Ocean near Onslow on the Western Australia coast in this handout image distributed by fishwrecked.com and taken January 9, 2013. (Reuters/Brett Martin/fishwrecked.com)
From “Epic” Colorado Wildfires, one of 22 photos. Here, fire from the Waldo Canyon wildfire burns as it moved into subdivisions and destroyed homes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Gaylon Wampler)
From Western Wildfires, one of 35 photos. A firefighter ignites a controlled burn, battling the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire, in Gila National Forest, New Mexico, in May of 2012. (Kari Greer/USFS)
