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According to Wikipedia, the Flaming Mountains (Chinese: 火焰山; pinyin: huǒyànshān) are barren, eroded, red sandstone hills in the Tian Shan Mountain range in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. They lie near the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert and east of the city of Turpan. Their striking gullies and trenches have been etched by years of volcanic activity that caused molten lava to course down the mountainsides, giving the mountains a flaming appearance at certain times of the day. The mountains are 98 kilometers (61 mi) long and 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) wide and cross the Tarim Basin from east to west. The average height of the Flaming Mountains is 500 meters (1640 ft). The mountain climate is harsh and the temperature is extremely hot in the summer, the hottest spot in China with frequent temperature reaching over 50° celsius or higher. One of the largest thermometer in China and a popular tourist spot is on display adjacent to the mountain and tracks the surrounding air temperature.
We had stopped to take this picture, but we didn’t stop for long, because the temperature was incredibly hot. Our truck read 47° in the shade, and the “biggest thermometer in China” read over 80°!
Location: Flaming Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى, Xīnjiāng Wéiwú’ěr Zìzhìqū, 新疆维吾尔自治区), People’s Republic of China (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, 中华人民共和国).
Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips prepares to roll around the crowd in a large bubble during the 2006 Austin City Limits Music Festival
I was bored and ran my kitchen torch over an old lemon to see what would happen. The lemon oil in the rind explodes and sparks. I thought I should capture that.
Camera teetering on the edge of the cutting board, 30 second exposure in a darkened room.
The first flaming lemon shot has some ambient light from the TV in the living room. Maybe a little work could bring out the kitchen sink, but I think I like it the way it is.
For this shot, I turned the TV off and then hit the lemon with a burst of light from a flashlight just to the top and left of the lemon.
Flaming Gorge Reservoir located on the Wyoming - Utah border. One can see from both shots the origion of the name, however it really does come alive with the morning son and the snow off. I have shot this when passing through almost everytime, and had not intention of a comparison shot, but when I looked at the diference in the 2 days over a weekend - it was striking. I really appreciate your visits and comments! ~ ~ ~ Worth a click - large on Black ~ ~ ~
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Ic405 The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga. Exposure times were 60mins in Red, 54mins in Blue and 42mins in Green. By Peter Shah taken from Mid Wales, UK
LAFD / A L.A. Firefighter gets ready to put some water on a flaming Harley on the 110 (Harbor) freeway. The Rider suffered moderate injuries.
The Flaming Lips performing at Sasquatch Music Festival 2011
Photo by Zach Luellen for Pinpoint Music.
IC 405, Flaming star nebula. 1h 28 minuter av 4-minuters exponeringar med Canon 450 genom en SCT 9,25 med 0,63 fokalreducerare
The flaming Fausto Fernos of the 'Feast of Fools' arrives in Minneapolis to find out why we call it the 'Land of 10,000 Bottoms.'
Flaming Gorge Dam
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Flaming Gorge Dam
The Flaming Gorge Dam seen looking upstream
Impounds Green River
Locale Daggett County, Utah
Length 1180 ft
Height 502 ft
Width (at base) 131 ft
Construction began 1958
Opening date 1964
Construction cost $115,000,000 USD
Reservoir information
Creates Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Capacity 3,788,900 acre-feet
Catchment area 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2)
Surface area 42,020 acres (170.0 km2)
The Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam in the Flaming Gorge of the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in the U.S. state of Utah. One of the largest dams in the American West, Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming, submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River. The dam stores water for the Colorado River Storage Project, which stores and distributes upper Colorado River Basin water. The dam's hydroelectric power plant generates 151.5 mW.
Situated in Flaming Gorge, a canyon of the Green River named by John Wesley Powell, the dam was built and is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Groundbreaking for the structure began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The completed structure is 502 feet (153 m) high and 1,180 feet (360 m) long, with three hydroelectric generators. With no fish ladders, elevators or any means of passage for aquatic species, the dam has severely hurt native species. By creating a standing-water pool on a sediment-laden river, the dam has caused the lower Green to lose its sediment load and decrease in temperature, further hurting the native ecosystem.
The Flaming Gorge Reservoir is a popular recreation spot, although it is nowhere as well known as Lake Powell, nearly 150 miles to the south-southeast. Below the dam, although rapids have diminished in volume, the Green River is still viable for whitewater rafting and is a "Blue Ribbon Trout Fishery".