[Leica] Forest Fires from 35,000 feet

[Howard Cummer]

Morning Luggers,
On Wednesday we flew from Hamilton Ontario (home of the Lancaster!!) to Calgary and then changed planes to fly
on to Victoria B.C. When we took off it was into clear bright Ontario skies:

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Another view of the farmland of Ontario:

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Crossing the East shoreline of Lake Huron:

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Cumulus Clouds over the eastern prairies - note the smoke at ground level:

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Over the patchwork farmland of Saskatchewan

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Taking off from Calgary - looking to the West where the fires are:

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Into the foothills of the Rockies - three forest fires on the far horizon - like a Chinese painting:

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Mountains in the foreground - covered by a blanket of smoke:

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Fire on the mountain top:

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Approaching Victoria by flying down the east side of Vancouver Island - Flying over the Nanaimo
Lake fire:

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Pictures out of sequence:

Over the rockies

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My Chinese water colour landscape again:

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You may look large if you like. C&C always welcome. Of course, none of this can be attributed to global warming.

Howard