These amazing photos of golfers calmly finishing their games as wildfires rage in the background are totally real.
"For perspective, where the golfers are golfing is about a mile and a half to the fire, and there's the huge half-mile-wide Columbia River between us," Mayfield said.
The apocalyptic images have gone viral, for obvious reasons.
In the pantheon of visual metaphors for America today, this is the money shot.
"I haven't seen a more perfect visual analogy to the current state of the US."
I haven't seen a more perfect visual analogy to the current state of the US. Oregon fires near this golf course:
This is basically 2017, yes.
@AoDespair @MarkMeredith
Really, the only thing missing from the photo is America's most committed golfer.
@JuliaCya @SuperJoeMunday @tesom0626 Let's golf like a president ! 😁🤣 Make America Golf Again
It reminded some people of the "lawn mower man" who just wanted to finish cutting his grass despite the tornado nearby.
@ianbremmer @AprilSpectrum I've seen something like this before 🤔 OH YEAH! Same attitude, different natural disaste… https://t.co/kqnh8aJIPh
This is becoming a weird trend, it seems.
Even the golf course got in on the fun.
Mayfield said firefighters cleared out the golf course shortly after these now-viral photos were taken. But Beacon Rock has since reopened for business.