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Friday, August 10, 2012

Truly...Fire in the Sky...



"It is not light we need, but fire;
it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.
We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."
Frederick Douglass











Wednesday, I was on my way up to Minaret Vista in the early afternoon
 when I saw a shaft of lightning off in the distance...in the direction of Mono Lake...
I don't know if that shaft of lightning was the one that set off this fire...
but when I went to Mono Lake to do my volunteer thing...
this is what I experienced...

The fire was south east of the lake...burning toward the South Tufa, 
but still a pretty far distance away...



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12 comments:

  1. The top and bottom images look like paintings. Nice job Kathy.

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  2. Amazing. Especially the top one, which looks like a face in the clouds.

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  3. Wow, what beautiful photos Kathy!!

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  4. Oh, too bad this had to be due to a fire, but I guess that's Mother Nature, too.

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  5. Thanks all!!!

    Especially up here Bibi...wild fires are not uncommon...and definitely are a part of the natural process.

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  6. That area has experienced a previous burn right? on the road that takes you into Benton. Like a prairie wildfire. Really fascinating (and I'm glad you made the jpgs BIG) I'm probably one of the few that actually clicks on images to look at them. I really do LOOK - carefully - and that sky is worthy of a baroque painting

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  7. Thanks PA! Yes...in 2010 there was a fire around the south tufa...I've been meaning to increase the jpg size for awhile...

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  8. fires like that is terrifying. It is beautiful, but.........

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  9. Beautiful shots of an awesome natural process. Your work is wonderful, and I always love the quotes you find to go with the photos.

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  10. Definitely scary NatureFootstep...watching it advance over the 3 hours that I was there...but still at a relatively safe distance!

    Thank you so much Petrea!

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  11. Nature sure has a grand power about her. Amazing photo's!!!

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