Over the weekend, the white sails of Australia’s Sydney Opera House lit up in tribute to the firefighters battling on the frontlines against Australia’s unprecedented and devastating bush fires. Wildfires have ravaged the country since the fire season first began in late July, to date claiming the lives of 28 people as well as over a billion animals (estimated), and causing countless property damage throughout Australia’s six states. Sydney itself has seen its summer skyline turn hazy red from smoke and dust.