m43rebel

This is meant more as a report on the smoke from the fires in California and Utah.

The huge dual fire in northern California has had impact beyond the thousands of homes burned and huge acreage destroyed. The smoke generated has been monumental. The wind pattern has driven the smoke a thousand miles to the east, across Nevada and Utah. Visibility in the Salt Lake City and Provo areas has been often less than a mile for over a week. This has been exacerbated by local wild fires as well.

The picture is a sunrise a few days ago, where the sun was struggling to break through across Utah Lake. As the sun rose higher, the glare increased to the point where the lake was no longer visible. I made the shot with an Olympus EM10 and a Panasonic 12-32 zoom.

For those suffering from the fires and damage, I offer my condolences.

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Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

Thnx for the pic .., I’m taking the whole month of Sept to visit Tahoe ..SF .,Yosemite ..Oregon.. and Seattle .. I need most of this smoke gone ...!

Katydid Loc: Davis, CA

Besides the deep sadness for my beloved state that is or was so beautiful, I have been personally impacted in a minor way. My home has been safe so far (I live in an ugly suburban area), but we have had to sleep with our windows closed, limit exercise, limit little trips, as the most beautiful places are being burned up along with homes and the wildlife (I can't bear to imagine this.) With the sadness is an immense guilt in complaining as others have lost so much more. There is also a sense of fear that one's most favorite areas will disappear, too, and a sense of anger that so many of the fires are avoidable and others caused on purpose. Heaven has been turned into a near hell.
Thank you for giving me a chance to vent.

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

You certainly made lemonade from the fire lemons! Beautiful shot. Hope they can get those fires under control before more homes are lost.

fredtoo Loc: Houston

m43, beautiful shot of an ugly event.

hang in there Katy, we're thinking of you.

Fred T.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I’ve already cancelled several photo trips to northern Arizona as a result of the smoke. It’s very difficult to do landscape photography when one can’t see the landscape. I'm hoping to go this weekend.
--Bob

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

It is so sad. Arizona is still recovering from its huge fire that was years ago. When I went to Yellowstone, I drove in from the Tetons. I don't know when the fire had hit there, but it was so sad that I pulled over and cried. And that so many are human caused, either in ignorance or evil intent.

safeman

Carr fire got within 4 blocks of my brother's house in Redding, CA. That said, fires are natural occurrences and are necessary for a healthy forest. Back in the 40's, 50's and early 60's fires didn't have the impact on humans and were generally smaller. Why? People were not building residential communities in fire prone areas. The way things are now when a wildfire approaches an occupied dwelling resources are pulled from trying to get containment and keep the fire small to trying to defending communities and often times individual dwellings. To defend that house requires a minimum one engine and two firefighters, resources that, in the big picture, could be used more effectively elsewhere. I guess the moral to this little tirade that it is your choice to live in one of the areas that is prone to wildfires. Accept the risk and enjoy the beauty of the area, my family did for over 20 years and got away with it, but just remember that sometime the numbers may go against you. I understand your anguish but it was your choice to live there.

ORpilot Loc: Prineville, Or

Here in Oregon the fires and smoke have been all too prevalent this year. One fire got within 5 miles of our home. That may seem like a safe distance away but it has been over 2 months since we have had any rain. Some of the fires have been spreading at 40 miles an hour. That gives you a little more than 7 minutes to pack up and leave. But it is all fake news, someone in Washington says that there is no Global Warming.

Sunset the other evening

oregon don

I hope Yosemite will be open, that is one heck of a fire. Even Oregon could be on fire if we don't get any rain.

I do hope you have a great trip.

the hiker Loc: San Diego

they opened Yosemite to the public today and said that there is no damage other than smoke inside the park.

m43rebel

Hi. Nice sunset picture. Hope you stay safe.