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Sun seen through bushfires

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11 years 2 months ago - 11 years 2 months ago #99022 by johnomahony
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This is what the sun looked like about an hour before sunset today from the backyard. There is quite a bit of smoke coming from the bushfires in the Blue Mountains. We are well away from any danger here but it shows the scale of the problem. The main fires are an hours drive away.

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Here is a shot just before sunset. It was blood red. I didn't underexpose enough to capture the true colour but it was spectacular.

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11 years 2 months ago #99042 by dave_lillis
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Looks bad, even from 1 hour away !
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11 years 2 months ago #99046 by johnomahony
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Dave_Lillis wrote: Looks bad, even from 1 hour away !


and getting worse. Worst bushfire conditions since the 60s
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11 years 1 month ago #99090 by carlobeirnes
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Scary, how are thing now over there John.
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11 years 1 month ago #99095 by dave_lillis
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and the news is saying that an army exercise caused the worst of it, :smashpc:
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