Bushfire Sunset

[Mad Aussie]

Around 6.30pm in the evening, the smoke from a spate of bushfires (unlike any seen for decades in this area) created a pastel sunset worth watching.


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/10579556075_b50b25f29c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/10579556075/)
Bushfire Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/astrovisual/10579556075/) by AstroVisual (http://www.flickr.com/people/astrovisual/), on Flickr

[Jason]

The fires made for a very unique sky--not quite cloudy, but sort of translucent.

[Mad Aussie]

Yeh this was about 2 hours drive from the bushfires that were creating this. So no plumes of smokes, just the diffused, even, smokey sky. It was a great diffuser for my daughters wedding the next day.

[QuietOne]

Congrats to your daughter. I hope the fires are contained soon, since the smoke can't be doing anyone any good.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Q1. We've had some rain since which finished off those fires. However, conditions are ripening for more apparently. Hope not.

[asnow]

I glad to hear that the fires are now under control. Lets hope the conditions don't allow them to start up again.
As far as the pic goes, I love how the haze (smoke) in the air gives it such a nice pastel colour.

[Mad Aussie]

Cheers Asnow