Call NumberRMN-042-4440CreatorBarry GutierrezSummaryPULITZER PRIZE PHOTOGRAPH: As Colorado burns in the summer of 2002, flames from a new fire loom menacingly behind a mountain home near Durango. The Valley Fire broke out less than a mile west of the fiercely burning Missionary Ridge Fire in the Animas River Valley near southwest Colorado's major north-south highway. This photograph is one of a series of images by the Rocky Mountain News Photography Staff of the largest wildfires in Colorado history. The News' photographers won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for their coverage.SubjectValley Fire (Colo.)Forest fires2003 Pulitzer Prize (Breaking News Photography)Colorado on FireGeographic AreaDurango (Colo.)CollectionRocky Mountain News Pulitzer PrizesLanguageeng
Barry Gutierrez, Flames from a new fire loom menacingly behind a mountain home near Durango. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 08/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/682584
