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A captivating nighttime timelapse captured a bushfire blazing in the distance over Lake Bellfield, Australia, on Wednesday, December 25, with the calm, mirror-like waters reflecting a canopy of stars. "I watched one of the most devastatingly beautiful scenes last night," William Merlin Hudson https://www.facebook.com/will.hudson.1447/videos/1558595414830548 wrote . "As fires burned away to the south of Halls Gap, there wasn't a breath of wind, the lake was glassy and the world around blissfully peaceful." Residents of Bellfield, Australia, were urged to seek https://emergency.vic.gov.au/public/event/warning/35422.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1tAMRCu2ebPQ5bbuyHXIyvfgSShq_EZ-T0k8JN715SP-MVbfbEUHcjbl4_aem_yBA4R2rAChrVWjnUqmK7zg immediate shelter , as they were warned, ÔYou are in danger and must act now to survive.' As of Thursday afternoon, the bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-26/vic-fires-live-blog-grampians-stawell-ararat-halls-gap-warnings/104763084 had exceeded 80,000 hectares (197,684 acres), prompting authorities to urge local residents to https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2yZQ3ogzmGI2Mj3X2cdpnAAzEDyItrclPormxzehaeyPwDPRzH29Wqfas_aem_y_EoorMK3WTkctC_UNDA4w&bbox=142.3107147216797%2C-37.232241861849594%2C142.6856231689453%2C-37.06394430056684&tm=1734931190638#!/warning/35281/moreinfo evacuate several neighboring areas . (Footage by William Merlin Hudson/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)