This photo was taken on August 24, 2015. Fires were raging hundreds of miles away. The wind currents brought the smoldering fumes towards us. I remember stepping outside that morning and the smell of burning wood was so strong that I thought the fire was in my backyard. I was surprised that evening by how much of the sun’s glare was diluted by the smokey haze.
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Stunning, thank you for showing it.
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Thank you Anna ☺
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Beautiful and scary… Forest fires are so frightening, we have them every summer in Greece, our garden was burnt twice and the house was saved because a plane dumped water on it at the last minute…
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Amazing – this could be a Gottleib painting!
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Thanks! Now I am going to go investigate Gottleib! 😉 I like to learn new things so thanks for that too. ☺
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I’ve nominated you for the Blogger Recognition Award. https://detoutetderien2015.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/celebrating-the-blogosphere/
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I have never seen the sun even close to that color! What a beautiful photo
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Thank you!
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I remember those red suns and the smell of smoke…..great picture….kat
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Thank you! I was hoping somebody would have seen them too! I am so excited to hear about your move! See you shortly!!
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Very cool picture 🙂 I wanted to let you know I nominated you for The One Lovely Blog Award the link https://elementhealing.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Great photo, and interesting information about the fires. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Great photo and great info setting it up.
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Thank you Miguel ☺ I appreciate it. Somehow I cannot reply or comment without an emoji 👍👍
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I’m just not cool, what is an emoji? I see the pic looks like thumbs up….
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Those are them!! All of these little things 😊😀😁😂😃😄 I am obsessed! I can’t seem to comment without them!
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an amazing photo! We had those same fires and I wondered how to capture that sun! amazing job
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I thought I should have included the specs! f 4.5 E 1/320 ISO 64. Made it look like a gum drop in the sky ☺ BTW, I made your apricot chicken last night (again) and hubby was very pleased! There weren’t any leftovers the first time I made it and he doesn’t care for peppers but he was impressed. ☺
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I am so glad it worked for you! thanks so much for telling me xxx
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What a beautiful, perfect capture of the smokey sun!
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Thank you Amy. It had an interesting effect.
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Yes our present I started read more use Amazon kindle mostly free books. And finally learn the other tablet got last spring….. Lots fun learning!
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Ha! Glad to know that I am not the only one that goes for the freebies ☺
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This IS neat…fires not so much. Just stopped by to say Hi. Hanging out with my mobile electronic s learning slowly.
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Your xmas present? How do you like it? And thanks for stoppin ☺
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Ooh! It’s so pretty! 😀
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Thank you! It had an interesting effect ☺
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I was in Ft Lauderdale when they had a wildfire about forty miles away. I didn’t get to see the sun like that. But the smell I’ll never forget. Great picture, too.
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I can’t imagine what it was like to be that close! The smoke bothered my lungs. Thank you for visiting, sharing and the compliment ☺
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Really awesome. Nice click
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Thank you ☺
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Fantastic photo! What a catch.
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Thank you Jacqueline ☺
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My pleasure 🙂
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What a great pic! Fire is so scary, though. *shivers*
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I think the smoke was from Washington…I was trying to look it up, but then I got lazy and distracted. Pretty far distance, just over 3000km!
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It’s impressive how far things can travel once they hit the atmosphere. Reminds me of the ash from Mount St. Helen’s.
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Great comparison!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Fabulous picture! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you!
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