“Sign of Hope”

A couple of summers ago, a wild fire was burning not far from where I live in Sedona, Arizona. One afternoon, as the fire grew closer, I decided to try to get a picture of the clouds of smoke rising above the mountains. As I was focusing on the smoke, a falcon flew out of one of the clouds. In some native American cultures, a bird flying out of a cloud signifies hope, thus the title of this photo, "Sign of Hope".