[Leica] photos of fires, etc

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Lee,

Very interesting.  I photographed one of those ships many years ago, and was 
amazed by the size of the thing.  Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lkhermann" <lkhermann@bresnan.net>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:24 PM
Subject: [Leica] photos of fires, etc


> Dear LUG,
>
> I thought that I should try out the new gallery, which works 
> fantastically.  We in Cody, Wyoming have had to live with smoke from a 
> fire, which was started by lightning and which has now grown to over 
> 54,000 acres.   Yesterday we drove up into Yellowstone  Park to escape the 
> smoke and on the way home recorded a few images.
>
> This photo is from west of the fires which do not extend into the park.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/dessert/smoke+on+the+North+Fork.jpg.html
>
> This photo shows the smoke behind the tourist lodge at Elephant Head rock.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/dessert/smoke+behind+Elephant+head.jpg.html
>
> The fire has traveled east to within ten to fifteen miles of Cody.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/dessert/smoke+on+Jim+Mt.jpg.html
>
> One of the helicopters, from Canada, helping to fight the fire.  The  tube 
> hanging down from the belly of the helicopter is used to suck water out of 
> a lake or in this case river.  The water fills the hopper behind the front 
> of the aircraft.  This craft has just risen from the river and will fly 
> over the fire and drop the water and return to fill up again.  I wanted to 
> photograph the craft hovering over the river, but was chased away by a 
> deputy sheriff.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/dessert/skycrane+1.jpg.html
>
> I notice that there are some aircraft fans on the LUG and so include a 
> photo of a sister ship of the craft in the above photo.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/dessert/skycrane+2.jpg.html
>
> Hope you enjoy.
>
> Lee
>
>
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