Joe Azure
Fire Starter
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A few weeks ago I was taking pictures on Yerba Buena Island (treasure island), out in the San Francisco bay. As the sky began to light up for what would be a spectacular sunset, two photographers scampered down the trail next to my friend and I, making their way down to the bottom. We kept on shooting the sunset as it progressed into one of the most spectacular that either of us had ever seen
As I was shooting this image (a three shot vertical panorama), when I got to the bottom frame, the shower of sparks that you see started up. Both my friend and I commented to each other that it was very stupid to be doing that down there because the hillside was completely covered in ultra-dry grass, brush, and leaves!!! The spinning of steel-wool that we witnessed continued for about 1/2 hour...
As the sunset wound down, I packed up my gear and began hiking out ... a few minutes later a wall of flames raced up the hill. If we had been any slower, or waited for even a couple of minutes later, it would have been a very ugly scene for us As it turned out, we are ok .... but this fire did not have to happen, and that makes me angry!
~joe
#azure #yerbabuenafire #sf #sanfrancisco #wildfire #fire
Image copyright by Joe Azure - All Rights Reserved
Fire Starter
www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Yerba-Buena-Fire-Closes-Two...
A few weeks ago I was taking pictures on Yerba Buena Island (treasure island), out in the San Francisco bay. As the sky began to light up for what would be a spectacular sunset, two photographers scampered down the trail next to my friend and I, making their way down to the bottom. We kept on shooting the sunset as it progressed into one of the most spectacular that either of us had ever seen
As I was shooting this image (a three shot vertical panorama), when I got to the bottom frame, the shower of sparks that you see started up. Both my friend and I commented to each other that it was very stupid to be doing that down there because the hillside was completely covered in ultra-dry grass, brush, and leaves!!! The spinning of steel-wool that we witnessed continued for about 1/2 hour...
As the sunset wound down, I packed up my gear and began hiking out ... a few minutes later a wall of flames raced up the hill. If we had been any slower, or waited for even a couple of minutes later, it would have been a very ugly scene for us As it turned out, we are ok .... but this fire did not have to happen, and that makes me angry!
~joe
#azure #yerbabuenafire #sf #sanfrancisco #wildfire #fire
Image copyright by Joe Azure - All Rights Reserved