Photo by lynseyaddario / Firefighter Melissa Bell, 36, helps conduct an operation to clean up the remaining brush in order to prevent the Dixie fire from spreading to other areas of the forest near Westwood, California, on August 27. The Dixie fire started on July 13 and burned roughly 965,000 acres (400,000 ha) before it was contained at the end of October. With increasing levels of drought across the state of California, fires are more common and burn for longer periods of time. Shot on assignment with the help of a grant from the National Geographic Society. CALFIRE #climatechange #LynseyAddario #Nationalgeographicexplorer