Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNT

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. IN AUGUST, 1973 A MAJOR FOREST FIRE SWEPT THROUGH 17,470 ACRES OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA MOUNTAIN RANGE NEAR SONORA. IN POST-FIRE SALVAGE OPERATIONS, quot;CAT SKINNERSquot; WORK IN DUST OF CATERPILLAR TRACTORS. THE quot;CATSquot; HAUL LOGS OF FIRE-DAMAGED TREES TO quot;LANDINGquot; WHERE THEY ARE LOADED ONTO TRUCKS FOR TRANSPORTING OUT OF THE AREA. SOOT AND ASHES FROM FIRE ARE SO THICK THAT DRIVERS MUST WEAR FACE MASKS

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O'Rear, Charles, 1941-

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Charles O'Rear (born 26 November 1941, Miss) is an American photographer. His image Bliss was used as the default desktop wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. O'Rear started his career with the daily newspapers Emporia Gazette, The Kansas City Star, and Los Angeles Times; worked for National Geographic magazine; and was part of the Environmental Protection Agency's DOCUMERICA project. He began photographing winemaking in 1978. Since 1998 O'Rear has been associated with Corbis...