The National Elk Refuge and Flat Creek. In the foreground, a landscape featuring a body of water with small patches of vegetation, surrounded by grassy hills and distant mountains, under a sky with a large smoke column from a wildfire beyond the horizon.

The Fish Creek Fire, as seen from Jackson, Wyoming. September, 2024.

In case anyone’s worried: Kate, the cats, and I are safe. This fire is about 25 miles away and moving away from us.