Wildfires - 06/25/12 06:28 PM
Pretty bad start to the summer with wildfires out here in Colorado and the surrounding states. Below average snowfall in the winter, no rain, temperatures above 100 lead to perfect conditions for fires to thrive. The high park fire in northern Colorado is one of the large ones thats making headlines. Many other smaller ones are burning. Arson is being suspected in a few cases. Another one was started because some idiots were shooting at propane tanks.
A fire started about 12 miles away from me on Saturday in western Colorado Springs, pretty close to the heavily populated area of the city itself. It has since begun moving west away from the city and into the mountains.
Here's a few pictures I took yesterday.
The moon on Sunday night as it passed behind the fire.
A fire started about 12 miles away from me on Saturday in western Colorado Springs, pretty close to the heavily populated area of the city itself. It has since begun moving west away from the city and into the mountains.
Here's a few pictures I took yesterday.
The moon on Sunday night as it passed behind the fire.