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The Sun rising through the smoke from wildfires from Colorado and here in New Mexico. There is a big cold front blowing through so hopefully it'll blow this away.
One from a truly stunning morning last Monday - an at best 50/50 punt on the forecast of mist turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made in a long time!
I arrived at Crater Lake National Park a couple hours before sunrise to find firefighters closing the gate due to wildfires in the area, but luckily, they offered to let me follow them into the park.
Shortly before we reached the lake they stopped, closed the road behind them and we parted ways.
I took this shot of the valley we came through before continuing into the park.
Keep on forgetting to post these on Flickr and not just IG but here is the third build in the GOT Vig series!
sunrise in Glacier National Park, Montana with dramatic sky. Clouds and smoke from wildfires burning near by
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This is another shot of Mabel Lake, looking east towards Park Mountain. This mountain, as well as Mabel Mountain which is out of the frame, to the north of Park Mt. have been hit with large wildfires recently which is evidenced here by the large grey areas on the mountain side.
The smoke is from the Lytton fire which has grown to a whopping 24000 ha. It burned through the town of Lytton and has many folks evacuated including Spences Bridge residents.
A forest fire I passed last summer on my drive home in western Montana along MT 200 near Little Beaver Creek Road
Warm glow due to the smoke covered skies from distant wildfires. Shot on 15+ year old expired film on half frame.
BNSF Night Gas L-MON8211 heads out of Missoula Montana with a pair of H2 SD70MAC's as a wildfire starts to burn just outside of town
Windy early Wednesday evening, white caps on Jasper lake and it is shallow. Really isn't a lake at all, part of the Athabasca river that floods with runoff that is popular for wading on a hot day. The aircraft upper right is an Alberta wildfire airtanker, a Lockheed L-188 Electra that can carry 11,365 litres of fire retardant. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Als wir im Jahr 2019 von Cody aus in den Yellowstone-Nationalpark fuhren, erlebten wir die beklemmende Atmosphäre eines Waldbrandes. Zum Glück betraf das Feuer nicht die Region, die wir besuchen wollten. Waldbrände sind im Yellowstone keine Seltenheit. Der größte Brand ereignete sich 1988 und gilt als eine der schwerwiegendsten Naturkatastrophen in der Geschichte der USA.
In jenem Sommer verbrannten über 36 Prozent des Parks – das entspricht rund 800.000 Hektar, einer Fläche so groß wie etwa 11.000 Fußballfelder. Die Feuer wurden durch eine Kombination aus natürlichen Ursachen, wie Blitzeinschlägen, und menschlichem Versagen ausgelöst. Trotz des Einsatzes von mehr als 25.000 Feuerwehrleuten, unterstützt von Hubschraubern, Löschflugzeugen und modernster Ausrüstung, gelang es nicht, die Brände zu stoppen. Die Flammen zerstörten unzählige Bäume und beschädigten mehrere Parkgebäude.
Doch dieser verheerende Brand führte auch zu neuen Erkenntnissen: Feuer ist ein natürlicher Bestandteil des Ökosystems. Nach der Katastrophe zeigte sich die beeindruckende Regenerationskraft der Natur. Bereits kurze Zeit später kehrten Pionierpflanzen wie das leuchtend pinke Feuerkraut zurück. Die veränderten Bedingungen schufen neue Lebensräume, von denen Tiere wie Elche und Grizzlybären profitierten.
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In 2019, as we drove from Cody to Yellowstone National Park, we experienced the unsettling atmosphere of a wildfire. Fortunately, the fire did not affect the area we planned to visit. Wildfires are not uncommon in Yellowstone. The largest one occurred in 1988 and is considered one of the most severe natural disasters in U.S. history.
That summer, over 36 percent of the park burned – roughly 800,000 hectares, an area equivalent to about 11,000 football fields. The fires were caused by a combination of natural factors, such as lightning strikes, and human error. Despite the efforts of more than 25,000 firefighters, supported by helicopters, firefighting planes, and state-of-the-art equipment, the flames could not be contained. Countless trees were destroyed, and several park buildings were damaged.
However, this devastating fire also brought new insights: fire is a natural part of the ecosystem. After the disaster, nature's remarkable ability to regenerate became evident. Shortly after the fires, pioneer plants like the vibrant pink fireweed began to return. The altered conditions created new habitats that benefited wildlife such as elk and grizzly bears.
It felt like a solar eclipse. Thick wildfire smoke dimmed the sunlight, and an intense orange glow covered the sun. 20 minutes later the sun moved out of the smoke and the sunlight returned to normal. (Explored # 126) www.rossellet.com
I found this clump of Fireweed in front of a burned tree. This tree and countess others burned in the Cameron Peak Fire in 2020. This ended up being the largest wildfire in Colorado history.
Going through my previous photos I realised I had missed the potential for a stitch of the milky way, seen here over Lake Heron on a perfectly clear night.
Last weekend we had unhealthy air quality here in Midwest, AQI being close to 200! Reason for that was the ravaging wildfires in Western Canada and the smoke from them flowing all the way to our area here in the United States.
The presence of smoke in the sky made everything look hazy and created the redder sun phenomenon. This photo was taken minutes before the sunset, along the highway in Chicago area.
The sky finally returned to normal colors. After all, who doesn't love a beautiful sunset??
Taken with the Leica Q3
Lens reflections on this lens pointing into the sun aren't great.
NIKKOR 180mm f-2.8 ED Ai-S MF & Metabones NF-X-mount Adapter [270mm]
Threat of wildfire depicted by the allusive reflections and the colors of fire on everyday mundane home objects.
Wildfire smoke has made for hazy, ugly skies in Omaha, NE...except for at sunset and sunrise, when a giant red "ball" appears in the sky. This tame, city deer posed for me and let me move around to get him in line with the sun.
**No, not a composite.
Smoky sunset brought on by the Oregon Lakes Impact Area Fire #77 on For Greely, near Delta Junction about 100 miles west of us.
So far it is entirely on Military lands, but the area is riddled with unexploded ordinance, too dangerous to set firefighters on the ground.
See video shot from a bush plane here.
At near 4,000 acres at the close of the day May 1, it is hoped that colliding weather fronts will bring rain and possibly snow to the area tonight and tomorrow, dampening this fire.
The grassy fields glow like burning embers as they filter the falling sunlight... But now the moonlight along with the rainclouds will extinguish this blaze of color in the silence of nightfall.
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From a roadside pullout around the Fern Spring area with a view looking to the south-southeast to a nearby forest of tall trees present in this part of Yosemite National Park.
Like so many places this last summer, we suffered devastating wildfires in our forests. In this image, the smoke is filling up the valleys and depressions - very rough terrain for forest firefighters. This was on an eastbound Air Canada flight over southern British Columbia. Washington State is in the far distance. Hopefully we won't see a repeat next year.