If you're back here because of... the news today, just want to say here's hoping round 2 goes better. The USAFA twitter has been a good source of live updates so far. Holding hope and thank you fire fighters! twitter.com/SteveMoraco/status/1761918051472077167 Also, to distract us in the mean time, the likes on this comment are the official petition to have the colorado springs philharmonic do a show of this video live, so please like if you would attend. I've been dreaming about that as a firefighter fundraiser for years.
I just cried through the whole thing. I spent my childhood here, all my friends and much of mine and my husband's family are here. I came back into town (from Denver) as the fire came over the ridge on Tuesday afternoon, with the winds. This is beyond surreal for so many of us. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video.
This fire was basically the thing that got me into wildfires. I was very young at this time, but I learned about it years later. This now is the lone memory that I know is from 2012. This time lapse gives me an idea what most of it was like
Rough time to be living in the Springs. The whole city was engulfed in smoke, and ash landed in my front yard deep in the center of the city! I could see it from the park across the street from me. More and more homes burning up constantly, a couple killed in the fire when they evacuated too late. An entire community in our city torched away. It was awful. I remember telling my mom "I hate this fire. I *hate* it." The Black Forest Fire the fallowing year was pretty rough too.
Steve, this will aid in training firefighters on how random winds move and how the weather affects large wildland fire. Thanks for putting it together! Excellent overview of the whole fire area!
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, many of my friends and family still live there. In Denver now, I was out of town on work all last week and was getting spotty updates every now and then. I knew it was devastating, but this video puts it in perspective. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the firefighters who are working their asses off to save lives, homes, and my hometown.
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Wow! I watched this happen out my front door, and this is an amazing video. It's hard to describe, the feeling seeing this happen. It's so very hard being a Colorado Springs native, born and raised. Thank you for posting and sharing this, it will never be forgotten!
OMG! My prayers are with you all. I lived in the Springs for a few years when I was a teen and CO has since been one of my favorite places ever! Thanks for sharing the video. It is horriffic! I am praying for all the wonderful and selfless firefighters out there fighting this beast of a fire. May God be with you.
This an amazing but very sad video. It so surreal to see how fast that fire consumed that many homes. I live in Littleton, Colorado about and hour and a half away from Colorado Springs where this fire is taking place, and everyday I can't help but think about all my fellow Coloradans who are impacted by this fire. My heart goes out to those who lost a home in the fire.
I remember I was visiting my grandparents during this time. They live in the Springs, and they had brought me swimming on Tuesday. I have this undying memory of watching the flames come over the mountains and that awful smoke. When I got back to my home in Castle Rock, the cloud of smoke still covered the sky. It was like being in my worst nightmare. I hope we don't get any bad fires this year.
Wow, this video really shows the magnitude of the Colorado wild fires as the entirety of multiple mountains can be seen burning over the course of several days. Very frightening for those who live near by! Thank you for documenting this snapshot in our history. The music gives it a real sense of suspense too.
This is powerful, heartbreaking, gutwrenching, and gives me an idea what I would see if I were at home. I have family in Woodmoor and understand better now their horror. This would have been the view I'd seen if I were at home. Praise God that He's answered so many prayers and this has been slowed down!! Thank you so much for your incredible work
Stunning. Thanks for excellent work and dedication, Steve. My extended family is in that area, so it helps me to see through your video what they've been seeing.
Thank you, Steve. We live on the west side and this week has been so very hard...Thank you for capturing this... now I can actually show my family who don't live here what it looked like... especially Tuesday... Thank you
It was crazy that I had to be evacuated from that fire. My house didn't burn down thankfully but it was sad. This time lapse really showed me what was going on because when I was evacuated, I couldn't look at the mountain.
I am very thankful that we were evacuated as I have asthma and it came on right away! Our house insurance. paid for part of it as we were evacuated. if I had to run and it was not required we would have been out all that money!
Thank you so much for creating this amazing piece. As heartwrenching as it was to watch in person, I can't imagine the torture it was to take all this extra time reliving it just to create this. Well Done.
Thank you so much. Seeing this makes me appreciate living in Colorado Springs in some weird way. Hard to explain but I guess I have taken this place for granted until now. Thanks again- you're awesome and so is Mother Nature!
Thank you for this, Steve. This is true art. Cried all over again. Being an evacuee, I cannot tell you how helpful this was when explaining to people out of state and farther away in the city how horrible and devastating this fire is.
Thank you for doing this. My family and friends are in Colorado while I am in Texas searching for webcams to watch!! Your skill and efforts in making this are appreciated. Awesome job sir!!
Love the honesty in your composition. Unbiased story told through the lenses. Iwatched this unfold from the open space in Old Farm!! Continue with your talent please
Steve - This is amazing! I could not take my eyes off of it as the fire progressed - and your choice of music - WOW - Thank you for creating this! Terri
Great job! Thank you for making this video. I've seen a lot of pics from my friends that still live there since I moved in 1997, but this really brings it home.
watching this video was absolutely amazing, thank you so much for putting this together. Watching my home on fire like that breaks my heart, but I know the community there is pulling together and staying strong!
8:50 is where I start to get emotional. This is my home, the city I was born in and lived in my whole life. Seeing the mountain charred like that is so difficult to watch. :( I'll never forget that fire, or the fire in Black Forest almost exactly a year later.
Outstanding contribution. I agree with others who have suggested this be entered at Sundance. it will definitely go viral. Awesome foresight and talent!
My sis in law lives in CO Springs... She kept us informed via FB and told us how the entire community was & still is pulling together. The music add created stirring emotions as I watched what your community went through. Please don't change a thing. I am always in awe of Mother Nature ... even at her worst, it brings out the best in so many people. God Bless the firefighters & God Bless those lost in the fire...
This is a time lapse video of what I think is the longest week in Colorado Springs history. We are so weary, and we have so much work ahead of us as we help our fellow Springs citizens cope with great loss and begin the process of rebuilding. Thank you for this powerful video.
Thank you for making a history of this disaster. It has been 5 months since the fire and I still weep when I see your images. The music and voices add another level to the film. Thank you.
Colorado Native living in Arkansas for the past 4 years. I cried all the way through this. I miss my home so much and feel so helpless to my family. Been checking in every evening. Got close to my mom at the base of Ute Pass but she never had to evacuate. Thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims of this tragedy. Thank You to all the wonderful firefighters for putting their lives on the line to save our cities. Thank You for creating this piece and sharing for all to see.
Amazing-ominous-intense-humbling=Grateful for the firefighter who saved more house than we realized and kept it at bay for many more. This is a testimony to their hard work. The way this was done is a gift to them to see how it moved and feel good for the good work they have done! Thank you for making this!
You capture the drama of this catastrophe extremely well. It was terrible to see it as it happened and even more so when seen in the entire context. Thank you.
This is an excellent piece of work; capturing five days of events, the information included at the bottom, and the use of atmospheric music, all combine to tell a gripping story. Thnaks!
Yes, thank you for this. I live by Filmore and Nevada and it helps to see what happened from this angle and really places the whole event in a broader context. It was great to see people cheering the firefighters last night as they returned from duty to their base of operations over at Holmes.
As a Kansan, we have watched the approach of tornado's, and prayed for it to end soon. They come and go in just a few minutes. With the realization of this fire lasting far longer than any tornado; I just want to cry. My respect for fire just increased. You have captured the beauty and the beast.
I can see it everywhere I drive,or go,I hear about it but to watch it like this put me in awe,fear and made me cry. but im not gonna loose hope that we will put it out. thank you for posting this!
Hi Steve, I'm unsure why I've not written yet, but I wanted to the thank you for making this video. I was evacuated out of Peregrine that horrible Tuesday, watching the flames come over the mountain in my backyard, just before smoke rushed over the city. My house is fine, as is my family, yet I still return to this video to show friends exactly what happened in that ashy night in June. And even now I still watch it on my own, still remembering, still marveling. Thanks for this effort
I am very impressed! I do not comment on videos on youtube, but this is worth watching and EVERYONE in Colorado and the nation should watch this in order to garner an understanding of the enormity of this event. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Amazing! Tuesday night I watched from Walmart near powers and woodmen... this is so hard to watch again but a beautiful piece of work. My prayers for all the families that lost their homes and the ones who lost their lives.
Wow, excellent video. I remember on the second day when a giant cloud of smoke blew into our neighborhood in briargate. We went to some high ground and could see licks of flames creeping over the mountains. so surreal. so sad.
Have been wondering how to portray the raw emotion I've been feeling, how to try to show people across the country what we've seen. Have been searching for the entire puzzle, as this week's been such a blur. So many emotions resurfaced as I watched this...absolute fear, uncertainty, helplessness, heartbreak, disbelief, sorrow, devastation...yet GRATITUDE and HOPE around every corner. Your choice of music, perfection for this piece. Thank you Steve...am so thankful for your contribution.
We weren't in the evac zone, but we almost left because of the smoke. That smoke was so bad on Tuesday night... Many of my friends were evacuated, but so far, the word is that none of them have lost their homes. We're still praying out here, guys, and we're holding strong!
This is a brilliant work! We live east of the Springs in Ellicott and could only see the smallest glimpses of the fire itself. Thank you for providing this video to all of us so that we can show others what are beloved city is going through. Stay strong, COS!
My brother-in-law and his family live two miles from the eastern edge of the fireline. I had the week off and was glued to my computer following this terrible event. The video documents nature in it's beautiful and glorious cloak, but carries with it power to destroy. How we underestimate that power, until it is breathing down our necks. Thank you for the film. It is riveting to say the least.
Fantastic work and amazing timelapse of very sad, yet impressive event! Always hated watching fire eating everything in its path, I'm distressed after watching this!
Thank you so much. It really brings home what we have been watching all week. The music was exceptional and added so much to the effect! Time to clean up these fires and start to rebuild our beautiful State...we have a lot of work ahead of us.
Steve... Thank you so much for this time lapse video of the Waldo Canyon Fire. My family all lives out of state and they didn't quite realize just how big of a deal this was and how close my own family was to the fire. We are at the N. Nevada and I-25. Thank you again for this. This video has helped my children understand that the fire did go away. (They are only 2 and 3, so out of sight is away.) Blessings to you.
thank you to all the fire fighters for risking their lives for so many...you are the heroes in this film...God Bless each and everyone of you...this is a fabulous documentary on this very distructive fire...it should go down in history... PLEASE CLICK ON " HD " SO IT'S FULL SCREEN AND YOU WILL GET THE FULL EFFECTS...A JOB WELL DONE...
Gorgeously captured and produced, and terrifying. Thank you. This should be mandatory viewing for anyone who lives in an area prone to firestorms who thinks that hanging around to save their property is more important than evacuating. Fire is big. It's bigger than you.
Thank you for this. It gives those of us far away a much clearer picture of what is happening. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people who have been affected by the recent fires.
Stunning video and the best coverage of what happened. I lived there for 5 years in Black Forest and a large part of my heart is still in Colorado. Such a sad sad thing.
I love how people just carry on in town. "Hey that fire looks like it's about to consume us all immanently." "Yeah, crazy stuff. You going over to Larry's to watch the game?" "Definitely!"
My folks and my two older brothers lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s and 1960s. My mom who is still alive recognizes much of what is involved here. I sincerely hope the Air Force Academy Chapel can be saved. Thank you for posting this. This is important. People need to see this to realize the extent of the devastation and how it affects everyone in the area.
Stunning. I was in the midst of the Mt. Shadow evac. It is only a slight exaggeration to say we got my parents and my uncle and aunt out with the flames licking at the bumpers. The heat and smoke were absolutely intense. I will never forget the experience and the range of thoughts and emotions that coursed through me during that time.
This is amazing. Camera is set up near where I live and captures what I have helplessly watched all week long. Beautiful piece of music as well! Kudos!
Great footage of this tragic event. As someone who lived in Woodland Park, and has relatives in The Springs, I've been following this fire, as well as the fires outside of Ft. Collins. These are devastating fires, and my thanks go to those who are bravely and tirelessly fighting them. Support our firefighters, National Gaurd members, and all governmental agencies that have been doing a tremendous job aiding the good people of Colorado!
Thanks so much. I grew up there and have family in Rockrimmon, so this was very helpful in understanding what happened and how close everything was. Great job!
This is amazing! Outstanding job of matching the music to the images. We watched the High Park Fire from where we live. And the past few days I think we've been getting some of the smoke from the Springs blowing north.
completely fascinating to watch how the air patterns are moving on this...as well the stars, or other night sky lights~ prayers and hope for the future to those that lost homes and or family~Thanks for the doc
We were glued to the monitor, Steve. My 22-yr-old daughter had to have me turn down the music because it was so ominous and foreboding, although I agree with you it conveys the feeling of this fire. I "liked" the video, but having once lived in Briargate just north of Union, was deeply saddened to watch what happened and grieve for the losses while I praise the rescuers.
thank u for recording this. i am in az and have friends in colorado springs. last yr at this time we were in the midst of our own disastrous Monument fire here in sierra vista arizona. my prayers go to all the citizens of colorado springs!
Steve fantastic piece of footage, its hard to think anything could be fantastic, considering the destructive circumstances but impressive camera,editing work. Curious though, around the 7:50 mark, is that a bloody chemtrail being sprayed???? Top right corner. There would be enough chemtrail crap (aluminum) in the trees.... just look at the ferocity of these fires.
Wonderful video, thanks so much for your time and effort in making it - and then sharing it with all of us - wonderful care you took with the music too. You are a real artist!
Stunning capture of the how majestic and cruel mother nature can be. I was driving on 115 on the 26th heading out to a working lunch and saw the flames licking the sides of the mountains
This is absolutely amazing. I cried for most of it because of the terrible destruction that this fire has caused, but having that unique insight into everything that we may not have known had happened to Mountain Shadow's is good. Thank you.
This is a remarkable video that we can't get from snippets from the TV news. It brings the disaster home to those of us not experiencing it. I can't imagine living there and seeing all this everyday! How horrifying! We had a horrible fire in Bastrop, TX last Labor Day weekend and it raged for a week or more too. Thousands of acres burned, homes destroyed, and some loss of life. My heart goes out to the people here too!
Steve Moraco,amazing footage! You too are wonderful for documenting this event. Horrible for our town, our fire fighters and our beautiful land. I hope this turns to an educational video for our fire fighters.... the wind changes so frequently here.... God Bless.
Amazing time lapse. I too have a Canon 7D but have never used it in this way. I lived in the Springs 8 years in the 90s and both my daughters were born there, so we still consider it "home." The scar on the mountain from the quarry is nothing compared to the scars left by this horrible disaster. I am so sad that the beautiful view has been ruined, but more than that I am saddened by the loss of life and property in the Mountain Shadows area.
absolutely heartbreaking, yet wonderful documentary of what Colorado Springs and surrounding areas in our state went thru....around 7:12 couldn't help but have tears stream down my face as the music was so fitting for the horrifying smoke clouds of the homes....just devastating! I personally was amazed by the wind directions caught on film thru the smoke movement. Just superbly done....so utterly amazing....praying for our state...for all firefighters and emergency responders.......
Great video to help really tell the story of the massive scale of this fire. Earlier this spring, I completed my S-130 Basic Firefighter Training & S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and I think your video would make an excellent future addition to the course training materials.
This almost brings me to tiers as i watch it. Praying for all those poor people who had been evacuated. And you are just amazing for deciding to do this time lapse i think it is amazing. And when i pressed like on this video i obviously didn't "like" what was going on but i was showing my support.
i live up North from you and have been devastated about what's going on to the south of me .. to the west of me (boulder) and to the north of me (High Park) and the countless other fires happening right now. this was an amazing view of what everyone down there is having to face and it just puts so many things into perspective. things that we think are going wrong in our lives - this has a sobering effect - and is a reminder to count our blessings. thanks for filming and sharing this. stay safe.
Thank you for sharing this with the world it really shows the horrific force of this fire and what you all are going through we will continue to pray for everyone involved my husband and I were there the week of the 11th and we commented numerous times how dry it was but had no idea it would go up like this we are so saddened by it all God Bless Each and Everyone ....thanks again for making this.
If you're back here because of... the news today, just want to say here's hoping round 2 goes better. The USAFA twitter has been a good source of live updates so far. Holding hope and thank you fire fighters! twitter.com/SteveMoraco/status/1761918051472077167
Also, to distract us in the mean time, the likes on this comment are the official petition to have the colorado springs philharmonic do a show of this video live, so please like if you would attend. I've been dreaming about that as a firefighter fundraiser for years.
I just cried through the whole thing. I spent my childhood here, all my friends and much of mine and my husband's family are here. I came back into town (from Denver) as the fire came over the ridge on Tuesday afternoon, with the winds. This is beyond surreal for so many of us. Thank you so much for making and sharing this video.
One of those watershed events in the life of all who lived through it. Great job, Steve!
This fire was basically the thing that got me into wildfires. I was very young at this time, but I learned about it years later. This now is the lone memory that I know is from 2012. This time lapse gives me an idea what most of it was like
Rough time to be living in the Springs. The whole city was engulfed in smoke, and ash landed in my front yard deep in the center of the city! I could see it from the park across the street from me. More and more homes burning up constantly, a couple killed in the fire when they evacuated too late. An entire community in our city torched away. It was awful. I remember telling my mom "I hate this fire. I *hate* it." The Black Forest Fire the fallowing year was pretty rough too.
Steve, this will aid in training firefighters on how random winds move and how the weather affects large wildland fire. Thanks for putting it together! Excellent overview of the whole fire area!
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, many of my friends and family still live there. In Denver now, I was out of town on work all last week and was getting spotty updates every now and then. I knew it was devastating, but this video puts it in perspective. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the firefighters who are working their asses off to save lives, homes, and my hometown.
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Wow! I watched this happen out my front door, and this is an amazing video. It's hard to describe, the feeling seeing this happen. It's so very hard being a Colorado Springs native, born and raised. Thank you for posting and sharing this, it will never be forgotten!
OMG! My prayers are with you all. I lived in the Springs for a few years when I was a teen and CO has since been one of my favorite places ever! Thanks for sharing the video. It is horriffic! I am praying for all the wonderful and selfless firefighters out there fighting this beast of a fire. May God be with you.
I can't even explain with words how amazing this video is.
I like how at night you can see the stars moving... This is an amazing timelaspe
KADE except some of them don't which is weird..
Technically the earth is moving but you see stars place change cause the earth moves.
This an amazing but very sad video. It so surreal to see how fast that fire consumed that many homes. I live in Littleton, Colorado about and hour and a half away from Colorado Springs where this fire is taking place, and everyday I can't help but think about all my fellow Coloradans who are impacted by this fire. My heart goes out to those who lost a home in the fire.
I remember I was visiting my grandparents during this time. They live in the Springs, and they had brought me swimming on Tuesday. I have this undying memory of watching the flames come over the mountains and that awful smoke. When I got back to my home in Castle Rock, the cloud of smoke still covered the sky. It was like being in my worst nightmare. I hope we don't get any bad fires this year.
Wow, this video really shows the magnitude of the Colorado wild fires as the entirety of multiple mountains can be seen burning over the course of several days. Very frightening for those who live near by! Thank you for documenting this snapshot in our history. The music gives it a real sense of suspense too.
18 days of pure terror of COS residents and other neighboring towns
This is powerful, heartbreaking, gutwrenching, and gives me an idea what I would see if I were at home. I have family in Woodmoor and understand better now their horror. This would have been the view I'd seen if I were at home. Praise God that He's answered so many prayers and this has been slowed down!! Thank you so much for your incredible work
Stunning. Thanks for excellent work and dedication, Steve. My extended family is in that area, so it helps me to see through your video what they've been seeing.
Thank you, Steve. We live on the west side and this week has been so very hard...Thank you for capturing this... now I can actually show my family who don't live here what it looked like... especially Tuesday...
Thank you
It was crazy that I had to be evacuated from that fire. My house didn't burn down thankfully but it was sad. This time lapse really showed me what was going on because when I was evacuated, I couldn't look at the mountain.
I had to run as I have asthma and smoke like this is DEADLY for asthma.
I am very thankful that we were evacuated as I have asthma and it came on right away! Our house insurance. paid for part of it as we were evacuated. if I had to run and it was not required we would have been out all that money!
I remember when I was evacuated it was June 26th and it was my sisters birthday. The was scary
Thank you so much for creating this amazing piece. As heartwrenching as it was to watch in person, I can't imagine the torture it was to take all this extra time reliving it just to create this. Well Done.
Thank you so much. Seeing this makes me appreciate living in Colorado Springs in some weird way. Hard to explain but I guess I have taken this place for granted until now. Thanks again- you're awesome and so is Mother Nature!
Thank you for this, Steve. This is true art. Cried all over again. Being an evacuee, I cannot tell you how helpful this was when explaining to people out of state and farther away in the city how horrible and devastating this fire is.
I was also an evacuee from Green Mountain Falls. I left immediately due to asthma.
Thank you for doing this. My family and friends are in Colorado while I am in Texas searching for webcams to watch!! Your skill and efforts in making this are appreciated. Awesome job sir!!
Love the honesty in your composition. Unbiased story told through the lenses. Iwatched this unfold from the open space in Old Farm!! Continue with your talent please
Steve - This is amazing! I could not take my eyes off of it as the fire progressed - and your choice of music - WOW - Thank you for creating this!
Terri
Great job! Thank you for making this video. I've seen a lot of pics from my friends that still live there since I moved in 1997, but this really brings it home.
watching this video was absolutely amazing, thank you so much for putting this together. Watching my home on fire like that breaks my heart, but I know the community there is pulling together and staying strong!
8:50 is where I start to get emotional. This is my home, the city I was born in and lived in my whole life. Seeing the mountain charred like that is so difficult to watch. :( I'll never forget that fire, or the fire in Black Forest almost exactly a year later.
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Amazing. I live in Colorado Springs so lived through all this. This time-lapse video should win awards.
I live right up there not far from where it started.....maybe 4miles maybe 5.
Outstanding contribution. I agree with others who have suggested this be entered at Sundance. it will definitely go viral. Awesome foresight and talent!
My sis in law lives in CO Springs... She kept us informed via FB and told us how the entire community was & still is pulling together. The music add created stirring emotions as I watched what your community went through. Please don't change a thing. I am always in awe of Mother Nature ... even at her worst, it brings out the best in so many people. God Bless the firefighters & God Bless those lost in the fire...
This is a time lapse video of what I think is the longest week in Colorado Springs history. We are so weary, and we have so much work ahead of us as we help our fellow Springs citizens cope with great loss and begin the process of rebuilding. Thank you for this powerful video.
Thank you for making a history of this disaster. It has been 5 months since the fire and I still weep when I see your images. The music and voices add another level to the film. Thank you.
Colorado Native living in Arkansas for the past 4 years. I cried all the way through this. I miss my home so much and feel so helpless to my family. Been checking in every evening. Got close to my mom at the base of Ute Pass but she never had to evacuate. Thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims of this tragedy. Thank You to all the wonderful firefighters for putting their lives on the line to save our cities. Thank You for creating this piece and sharing for all to see.
This was absolutely incredible and it brought back so many memories! Thank you for making it.
Amazing-ominous-intense-humbling=Grateful for the firefighter who saved more house than we realized and kept it at bay for many more. This is a testimony to their hard work. The way this was done is a gift to them to see how it moved and feel good for the good work they have done! Thank you for making this!
You capture the drama of this catastrophe extremely well. It was terrible to see it as it happened and even more so when seen in the entire context. Thank you.
Certainly impressive, and no small undertaking to document all of this. Thank you for getting it on record...
This is an excellent piece of work; capturing five days of events, the information included at the bottom, and the use of atmospheric music, all combine to tell a gripping story. Thnaks!
Yes, thank you for this. I live by Filmore and Nevada and it helps to see what happened from this angle and really places the whole event in a broader context. It was great to see people cheering the firefighters last night as they returned from duty to their base of operations over at Holmes.
As a Kansan, we have watched the approach of tornado's, and prayed for it to end soon. They come and go in just a few minutes. With the realization of this fire lasting far longer than any tornado; I just want to cry. My respect for fire just increased. You have captured the beauty and the beast.
Thank you for documenting this event. It really gives an vivid account of the fires growth in such a short period of time.
I can see it everywhere I drive,or go,I hear about it but to watch it like this put me in awe,fear and made me cry. but im not gonna loose hope that we will put it out. thank you for posting this!
Hi Steve, I'm unsure why I've not written yet, but I wanted to the thank you for making this video. I was evacuated out of Peregrine that horrible Tuesday, watching the flames come over the mountain in my backyard, just before smoke rushed over the city. My house is fine, as is my family, yet I still return to this video to show friends exactly what happened in that ashy night in June. And even now I still watch it on my own, still remembering, still marveling. Thanks for this effort
I am very impressed! I do not comment on videos on youtube, but this is worth watching and EVERYONE in Colorado and the nation should watch this in order to garner an understanding of the enormity of this event. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Amazing! Tuesday night I watched from Walmart near powers and woodmen... this is so hard to watch again but a beautiful piece of work. My prayers for all the families that lost their homes and the ones who lost their lives.
Wow, excellent video. I remember on the second day when a giant cloud of smoke blew into our neighborhood in briargate. We went to some high ground and could see licks of flames creeping over the mountains. so surreal. so sad.
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Ooh I live in briargate too
Gucci McTitties ikr, we lived off of powers and Woodman, the smoke was thicker then fog and I saw ash the size of a dollar bill land in our yard once.
I live in Briargate now but I was at my grannys
@@mindyb38 and this was me 2 years ago welp
Have been wondering how to portray the raw emotion I've been feeling, how to try to show people across the country what we've seen. Have been searching for the entire puzzle, as this week's been such a blur. So many emotions resurfaced as I watched this...absolute fear, uncertainty, helplessness, heartbreak, disbelief, sorrow, devastation...yet GRATITUDE and HOPE around every corner. Your choice of music, perfection for this piece. Thank you Steve...am so thankful for your contribution.
We weren't in the evac zone, but we almost left because of the smoke. That smoke was so bad on Tuesday night...
Many of my friends were evacuated, but so far, the word is that none of them have lost their homes. We're still praying out here, guys, and we're holding strong!
Objectively, one of the most remarkable time lapse landscapes ever! Well mixed soundtrack engages quite well, too!
This is a brilliant work! We live east of the Springs in Ellicott and could only see the smallest glimpses of the fire itself. Thank you for providing this video to all of us so that we can show others what are beloved city is going through. Stay strong, COS!
My brother-in-law and his family live two miles from the eastern edge of the fireline. I had the week off and was glued to my computer following this terrible event.
The video documents nature in it's beautiful and glorious cloak, but carries with it power to destroy. How we underestimate that power, until it is breathing down our necks. Thank you for the film. It is riveting to say the least.
Fantastic work and amazing timelapse of very sad, yet impressive event! Always hated watching fire eating everything in its path, I'm distressed after watching this!
Thank you so much. It really brings home what we have been watching all week. The music was exceptional and added so much to the effect! Time to clean up these fires and start to rebuild our beautiful State...we have a lot of work ahead of us.
Steve... Thank you so much for this time lapse video of the Waldo Canyon Fire. My family all lives out of state and they didn't quite realize just how big of a deal this was and how close my own family was to the fire. We are at the N. Nevada and I-25. Thank you again for this. This video has helped my children understand that the fire did go away. (They are only 2 and 3, so out of sight is away.) Blessings to you.
thank you to all the fire fighters for risking their lives for so many...you are the heroes in this film...God Bless each and everyone of you...this is a fabulous documentary on this very distructive fire...it should go down in history...
PLEASE CLICK ON " HD " SO IT'S FULL SCREEN AND YOU WILL GET THE FULL EFFECTS...A JOB WELL DONE...
Gorgeously captured and produced, and terrifying. Thank you. This should be mandatory viewing for anyone who lives in an area prone to firestorms who thinks that hanging around to save their property is more important than evacuating. Fire is big. It's bigger than you.
Thank-you for taking the time to do this. It is moving and frightening. We are Colorado and we will survive and rebuild.
Thank you for this. It gives those of us far away a much clearer picture of what is happening.
My heart, thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people who have been affected by the recent fires.
Stunning video and the best coverage of what happened. I lived there for 5 years in Black Forest and a large part of my heart is still in Colorado. Such a sad sad thing.
Amazing video at the same time heart wrenching. My prayers continue for the people of Colorado.
I love how people just carry on in town.
"Hey that fire looks like it's about to consume us all immanently."
"Yeah, crazy stuff. You going over to Larry's to watch the game?"
"Definitely!"
My folks and my two older brothers lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s and 1960s. My mom who is still alive recognizes much of what is involved here. I sincerely hope the Air Force Academy Chapel can be saved. Thank you for posting this. This is important. People need to see this to realize the extent of the devastation and how it affects everyone in the area.
Stunning. I was in the midst of the Mt. Shadow evac. It is only a slight exaggeration to say we got my parents and my uncle and aunt out with the flames licking at the bumpers. The heat and smoke were absolutely intense. I will never forget the experience and the range of thoughts and emotions that coursed through me during that time.
Wow, thank you for posting this. An incredible video that will always and forever remind us of the events that have befallen our wonderful city.
Thank you for putting this together. Great documentary for such a historic event.
2:44 the winds shift to a northern direction and things get so much worse.
Edit: 7:00 I stand corrected.
the eastern movement was the most devestating moment.
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This is amazing. Camera is set up near where I live and captures what I have helplessly watched all week long. Beautiful piece of music as well! Kudos!
Great footage of this tragic event. As someone who lived in Woodland Park, and has relatives in The Springs, I've been following this fire, as well as the fires outside of Ft. Collins. These are devastating fires, and my thanks go to those who are bravely and tirelessly fighting them. Support our firefighters, National Gaurd members, and all governmental agencies that have been doing a tremendous job aiding the good people of Colorado!
Thanks so much. I grew up there and have family in Rockrimmon, so this was very helpful in understanding what happened and how close everything was. Great job!
This is amazing! Outstanding job of matching the music to the images. We watched the High Park Fire from where we live. And the past few days I think we've been getting some of the smoke from the Springs blowing north.
This is the most amazing documentary style time lapse I have ever seen. Subject matter aside this is just plain cool...
Really wonderful work. I kept waiting for that city at the base of the mountains to go up. Thank you.
completely fascinating to watch how the air patterns are moving on this...as well the stars, or other night sky lights~ prayers and hope for the future to those that lost homes and or family~Thanks for the doc
this is science and history and a record for everyone. thank you for doing this. do amazing and sorrowful at the same time
11:36. Such a powerful and scary moment as the view of the mountain is almost completely obscured by the smoke. Breathtaking man.
We were glued to the monitor, Steve. My 22-yr-old daughter had to have me turn down the music because it was so ominous and foreboding, although I agree with you it conveys the feeling of this fire. I "liked" the video, but having once lived in Briargate just north of Union, was deeply saddened to watch what happened and grieve for the losses while I praise the rescuers.
thank u for recording this. i am in az and have friends in colorado springs. last yr at this time we were in the midst of our own disastrous Monument fire here in sierra vista arizona. my prayers go to all the citizens of colorado springs!
Thank you Steve...We Will Rebuild!
Steve fantastic piece of footage, its hard to think anything could be fantastic, considering the destructive circumstances but impressive camera,editing work.
Curious though, around the 7:50 mark, is that a bloody chemtrail being sprayed???? Top right corner. There would be enough chemtrail crap (aluminum) in the trees.... just look at the ferocity of these fires.
Just so everyone realizes, Tuesday afternoon is when we got the 65 mph winds and the fire jumped the canyon...that's when it reached the homes.
Wonderful video, thanks so much for your time and effort in making it - and then sharing it with all of us - wonderful care you took with the music too. You are a real artist!
Wow, wow, and wow again. Very moving. Thanks so much to all our firefighters who fought and are still fighting so tirelessly to overcome this beast.
what a wonderful piece of videography! thanks for the great documentation of this disaster in Colorado Springs
Stunning capture of the how majestic and cruel mother nature can be. I was driving on 115 on the 26th heading out to a working lunch and saw the flames licking the sides of the mountains
This is absolutely amazing. I cried for most of it because of the terrible destruction that this fire has caused, but having that unique insight into everything that we may not have known had happened to Mountain Shadow's is good. Thank you.
- Amazing shot! Thanks for sharing!
Prayers out to the folks in the Springs area.
Thank you, Mr. Moraco for this important documentation.
This is a remarkable video that we can't get from snippets from the TV news. It brings the disaster home to those of us not experiencing it. I can't imagine living there and seeing all this everyday! How horrifying! We had a horrible fire in Bastrop, TX last Labor Day weekend and it raged for a week or more too. Thousands of acres burned, homes destroyed, and some loss of life. My heart goes out to the people here too!
Steve Moraco,amazing footage! You too are wonderful for documenting this event. Horrible for our town, our fire fighters and our beautiful land. I hope this turns to an educational video for our fire fighters.... the wind changes so frequently here.... God Bless.
Excellent work showing the scale of this fire. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job Steve. Helps one understand the ebb and flow of wildfires. Great choice on the music.
Truly incredible video. Watching it was surreal. Living it, especially Tuesday, was a nightmare.
Amazing time lapse. I too have a Canon 7D but have never used it in this way. I lived in the Springs 8 years in the 90s and both my daughters were born there, so we still consider it "home." The scar on the mountain from the quarry is nothing compared to the scars left by this horrible disaster. I am so sad that the beautiful view has been ruined, but more than that I am saddened by the loss of life and property in the Mountain Shadows area.
absolutely heartbreaking, yet wonderful documentary of what Colorado Springs and surrounding areas in our state went thru....around 7:12 couldn't help but have tears stream down my face as the music was so fitting for the horrifying smoke clouds of the homes....just devastating! I personally was amazed by the wind directions caught on film thru the smoke movement. Just superbly done....so utterly amazing....praying for our state...for all firefighters and emergency responders.......
Great video to help really tell the story of the massive scale of this fire. Earlier this spring, I completed my S-130 Basic Firefighter Training & S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior and I think your video would make an excellent future addition to the course training materials.
This almost brings me to tiers as i watch it. Praying for all those poor people who had been evacuated. And you are just amazing for deciding to do this time lapse i think it is amazing. And when i pressed like on this video i obviously didn't "like" what was going on but i was showing my support.
Excelletnt coverage for such a sad time, Firefighters are hero's thanks for containing this epic fire.
i live up North from you and have been devastated about what's going on to the south of me .. to the west of me (boulder) and to the north of me (High Park) and the countless other fires happening right now. this was an amazing view of what everyone down there is having to face and it just puts so many things into perspective. things that we think are going wrong in our lives - this has a sobering effect - and is a reminder to count our blessings. thanks for filming and sharing this. stay safe.
Thank you for sharing this with the world it really shows the horrific force of this fire and what you all are going through we will continue to pray for everyone involved my husband and I were there the week of the 11th and we commented numerous times how dry it was but had no idea it would go up like this we are so saddened by it all God Bless Each and Everyone ....thanks again for making this.
Excellent work that truly shows the power of nature.