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2008 Year In Photos: US Photos

A firefighter watches a wildfire burn out of control in Big Sur, Calif., Thursday, July 3, 2008. The blaze near Big Sur was one of more than 1,700 wildfires, most ignited by lightning, that scorched more than 770 square miles across northern and central California over a two-week period.

(Photo: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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