Just before sunset last night.
A wildfire north of Santa Fe gave us smoking skies last night and this morning.
Setting sun through the smoke last night.
Sun rising through the smoke this morning.
View from Beaver Point.
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WOW Timothy.. fabulous.
Thanks, Gabriela. How are you and Maya? Have you started classes?
My pleasure Timothy. Thank you for asking. Yes, classes started and I am pretty busy. Maya is ok. Sending hugs to everyone. How are you?
Great!
Thanks, Narine.
Beautiful photography, Timothy. I have seen the smoke fog here a few times recently. It rolls over the mountains on the west side of the valley… I do hope these wonderful firefighters can extinguish these many fires soon. It’s sad.
Hi John. The Medio fire, that the smoke is coming from, has grown to 550 acres and is 0% contained. It’s in a very difficult to access area north of Santa Fe.
Disasters do make for beautiful pictures, don’t they? Sad that there are so many fires burning right now. My goodness. I can’t believe there is now a “fire season”…
We’ve had fewer fires this year so far. Thanks, Dale.
You, maybe. Other areas are still so hard hit!
In 2011 we had a lot of really large fires, followed by very damaging floods from runoff washing over the hard baked earth instead of soaking into normally porous soils.
Such harsh conditions. Mind you, we’ve had our share of floorings and ice storms and other weather hardships.
The weather can be brutal wherever you are. Mother nature often shows no mercy.
Yes! Mother Nature has been rather a witch with a capital B lately!
“Clima cabrona” is Spanish.
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I have the same set of photos, except for Beaver Point. š
You need to find a Beaver Point. I know there are lots of beavers up your way. Thanks, David.
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Grazie, Simona.
Lovely. We are away to our fav hills for the weekend. I bet you would get the most beautiful pics there.
I would. But you will have to get the beautiful pics. Thanks, Shehanne.
I got some pics. Not in your class but I will share them in a post soon.
Great. They will be wonderful, I’m sure.
Knowing what that smoke means, it’s hard not to feel sad about all the victims of fires, however it almost always creates such spectacular views. Amazing, my friend.
Fortunately this fire at present doesn’t present any immediate danger to people or structures. Thanks, Marina.
That’s a relief …I hope to wild life too.
Beautiful
Stay safe happy healthy and wealthy
Thanks, Coach.
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How are you getting along during these troubles times?
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So very sad.
But it produces nice orange and red suns at morning and night. Thanks, Inese.
Yes, beautiful suns. My daughter lives east of California, they too have beautiful suns and breathing difficulties. Sure you have the same problem every summer. Here in Ireland we have this kind of sun once in a while when a dense fog comes down from the mountains. You have got beautiful photographs. Wish it has been fog though š
We don’t get muh fag here because it’s so dry. Smoke, unfortunately, is our fog.
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It’s weird how what causes heartache somewhere can be so beautiful a few miles away. Your pictures are uplifting, especially the last, but knowing their cause gives a bittersweet flavour. I used to have a long motorway commute each Friday. If I got on the road and it was very quiet, I used to think ‘great’ then feel bad for someone lower down the road who was no doubt having a much less pleasant journey and blocking the road.
Sad beauty. Nice shots.
Those are spectacular photos, Tim. Yes, smoke from fires gives the sun a distinct hazy orange hue, especially at sunrise. We haven’t had smoke up here in my area, yet, but all burning is banned until October. It’s tinderbox dry out there.
Those are beautiful photos Tim. I hope the fires are under control. I hadnāt heard of the Sante Fe fires, only California, Wildfires are a destructive fact of life now.
HI Holly. The one north of Santa Fe is up to 610 acres. 0% contained. It’s in a difficult to access area.
Thatās terrible Timothy, these fires are horrific, destroying homes and lives.
Another Wow!
So eerily beautiful!
Thanks, Tiffany.
Be safe Timothy and yes an eerie sort of beauty…there was an intense fire in pentiction this week in BC…the colours are indeed amazing ~ smiles Hedy š¤š
Thanks, Hedi.
Spectacular shots! Too bad something has to burn. Funny how ugly and beauty are related…. in a similar way to the fine line between love and hate.
I gotta say, with all those leaves on the tress, I can’t tell whose who!
Your tree is in the first and third photos. Thanks, Resa.
AHA! I thought so! The leaves really fill in the shapes.
It also looks very different from different angles. I was trying to get the sun in the right places in the compositions.
Beautiful photos, Timothy. The fires are so scary though.
Thanks, Sylvia.
Beautiful and yet no doubt the cause is devastating … how sad.