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Something to Write Home About
I took this image from Round Butte Overlook near Madras during the night before the total solar eclipse.
While scouting the area with Eric Gail during the afternoon, we found the scenery not very exciting and I remember Eric stating slightly disappointed that it was “nothing to write home about”.
After a glorious sunset, which I almost completely missed, as I was changing into warmer clothing, the sky was almost overcast for the rest of the evening. We therefore took it easy and listened to the sound of the Canadian Jazz Band that, to our pleasant surprise, started playing after sunset, no more than 100ft from our campsite.
At 10 p.m. we noticed that the sky was slowly clearing up and we shortly discussed whether to use my small refractor for some visual observing or head over to the south of the butte and, despite the uninspiring scenery, try some nightscapes. Being photographers, we finally opted for the latter.
Upon arriving at our photo site, we immediately noticed a huge orange glow on the horizon and simultaneously exclaimed “What the hell is that?” After looking closer, it was however obvious that it was a huge wildfire raging 35 miles to the south-west of our position.
What we expected to be a very dull shooting, turned out to be a once in a lifetime experience: Shooting nightscapes with Milky Way floating above a raging wildfire, while people, in preparation of the upcoming solar eclipse, were lighting up the roads and fields of the plains below and, as the icing of the cake, the air of this beautiful late summer night was vibrating with the music from the Jazz band, playing some 150ft in our back…
Quite a bit to write home about, I think!
Milli Fire facts:
Location of Origin: 9 miles west of Sisters, OR
Start date: August 11, 2017, 2:42 pm
Size: 24,079 acres
Cause: Lightning
Milli Fire was called 100% contained at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 24, 2017.
Thanks for all your faves and comments.
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Something to Write Home About
I took this image from Round Butte Overlook near Madras during the night before the total solar eclipse.
While scouting the area with Eric Gail during the afternoon, we found the scenery not very exciting and I remember Eric stating slightly disappointed that it was “nothing to write home about”.
After a glorious sunset, which I almost completely missed, as I was changing into warmer clothing, the sky was almost overcast for the rest of the evening. We therefore took it easy and listened to the sound of the Canadian Jazz Band that, to our pleasant surprise, started playing after sunset, no more than 100ft from our campsite.
At 10 p.m. we noticed that the sky was slowly clearing up and we shortly discussed whether to use my small refractor for some visual observing or head over to the south of the butte and, despite the uninspiring scenery, try some nightscapes. Being photographers, we finally opted for the latter.
Upon arriving at our photo site, we immediately noticed a huge orange glow on the horizon and simultaneously exclaimed “What the hell is that?” After looking closer, it was however obvious that it was a huge wildfire raging 35 miles to the south-west of our position.
What we expected to be a very dull shooting, turned out to be a once in a lifetime experience: Shooting nightscapes with Milky Way floating above a raging wildfire, while people, in preparation of the upcoming solar eclipse, were lighting up the roads and fields of the plains below and, as the icing of the cake, the air of this beautiful late summer night was vibrating with the music from the Jazz band, playing some 150ft in our back…
Quite a bit to write home about, I think!
Milli Fire facts:
Location of Origin: 9 miles west of Sisters, OR
Start date: August 11, 2017, 2:42 pm
Size: 24,079 acres
Cause: Lightning
Milli Fire was called 100% contained at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 24, 2017.
Thanks for all your faves and comments.
Prints available: