Timelapse photography of chaparral recovery following the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex

Timelapse photography of vegetation recovery following the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains of northern California. This two-year image sequence begins four and a half months after the wildfire was contained. Time between photographs is approximately two weeks. The area shown here, which hosts a chaparral vegetation community, experienced moderate to severe soil burn severity.