Life After Fire
Using all-weather trail cameras to record photos every 15 minutes we produce time-lapse sequences covering seasons of post-fire regrowth. The resulting visual data reveals successive plumes of fire-following species as they reemerge.
A time-lapse montage of chaparral vegetation sites at Arroyo Hondo Preserve as they recover from wildfire. Music by Patternbased.
Ethan Turpin sets a time-lapse camera on a burned ridge at Arroyo Hondo Preserve on California’s Gaviota Coast, 2021.
A mighty coast live oak recovering from the 2021 Alisal Fire, captured by a time-lapse camera during a rain storm.