California's water-starved landscape gave way to a series of wildfires earlier this summer that continue to ravage the state. So far, the fires have scorched about 350 square miles, an area which is slightly larger than New York City.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. Resorts and lodges that were once a burgeoning vacation escape are now a pile of debris. And an unknown number of farm animals have been left behind.
The following photos reveal how these wildfires are transforming California into what looks like something out of an apocalyptic horror film, and some of them are very disturbing.
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The once elegant decor of the former Harbin Hot Springs Resort in Midtown, California is now covered in ashes after being attacked earlier this month by the Valley Fire.
So far, that conflagration has been the most destructive western wildfire of 2015. But it couldn't erase the eerie smiles on these stone statue's faces.
Deeper inside the resort, the inside of a bathhouse has been destroyed on the inside, but the "SILENCE" sign outside remains almost entirely untouched.
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