Blanket of Smoke

Flying back home from Seattle to Bend, there was a blanket of smoke covering the ground throughout Washington and Oregon. Some of the higher elevations poked through the smoke. Maralee

High in the sky. 

Flying from Bend to Salt Lake City we flew over the fire burning in Canyon City. The smoke was thick below us. Had some interesting ground patterns as we came into Salt Lake.       Maralee 

Wildfire Update

The wildfires that I posted about last Saturday (you can see that post here) is now about 80% contained.  A third wildfire started under suspicious conditions on Tuesday but they were able to put that out right away. This is a photo of the sun covered by smoke plumes that I took last Saturday.  It …

Smokey Moon

Monday night was a full moon, and with a cloudless day, I had high hopes of getting some moon shots. I didn't consider the layer of smoke surrounding us from two nearby wildfires.  While the moon wasn't quite as clear as it would have been without the smoke, it gave it a hazy look and …