Though wildfires may be increasingly common in California's arid landscape — including the three currently scorching the state's southern region — their orange-tinted sights aren't easy to get used to. Case in point? These blazing photos of flames engulfing cars, trees, and mountains that look like something straight out of a disaster film. 

From a seemingly burning Sun to a floating telephone line plucked right from Ethel Cain's fever dreams, here are 28 disastrous photos from California Wildfires past and present.