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When I saw it, I thought "no, it can't be that Concord . . . though it looks so familiar." When I first moved the Bay Area, I lived in Concord for about six months . . .
Concord aside, it's a really compelling photo -- that sort of surrealism that's hyper-real at the same time, and makes us aware of what an odd place and time we live in -- thanks for sharing.
(BTW, looking over what I've just written, I just realized that Concord is generally pronounced something close to Conquered -- but maybe that's just my sleepy self free associating . . . anyhow, that pronunciation also seems to have some resonance with your photo).
Cool. I once came across a random fire while driving from Longreach to Emerald. It was way out in the middle of nowhere - just a circle of fire in the long grass beside the road. I would have got my phone out and taken a photo but I was driving at something like 140kph and felt that was a tad irresponsible.