[Leica] Forest Fires from 35,000 feet

[Robert Baron]

What Jim said.

Too beautiful and too sad.

--Bob

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 11:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> That's very impressive, and tragic, Howard.  Thanks for sharing.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
> On 8/10/2018 11:13 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/WestjetTakeoff.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/WestjetTakeoff.jpg.html>
>>
>> Another view of the farmland of Ontario:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/Westjet1.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/Westjet1.jpg.html>
>>
>> Crossing the East shoreline of Lake Huron:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/WestjetLakeHuron.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/WestjetLakeHuron.jpg.html>
>>
>> Cumulus Clouds over the eastern prairies - note the smoke at ground level:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/WestjetCumulus.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/WestjetCumulus.jpg.html>
>>
>> Over the patchwork farmland of Saskatchewan
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/WestjetPrairie.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/WestjetPrairie.jpg.html>
>>
>> Taking off from Calgary - looking to the West where the fires are:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/3PanCalDowntown.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/3PanCalDowntown.jpg.html>
>>
>> Into the foothills of the Rockies - three forest fires on the far horizon
>> - like a Chinese painting:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/Clouds3Smokes.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/Clouds3Smokes.jpg.html>
>>
>> Mountains in the foreground - covered by a blanket of smoke:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/CloudsSmoke3.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke3.jpg.html>
>>
>> Fire on the mountain top:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/CloudsSmoke4.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke4.jpg.html>
>>
>> Approaching Victoria by flying down the east side of Vancouver Island -
>> Flying over the Nanaimo
>> Lake fire:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/NanaimoFire.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/NanaimoFire.jpg.html>
>>
>> Pictures out of sequence:
>>
>> Over the rockies
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/CloudsSmoke1.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke1.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/CloudsSmoke.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke.jpg.html>
>>
>> My Chinese water colour landscape again:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires20
>> 18/Clouds3Smoke2pan.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.or
>> g/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/Clouds3Smoke2pan.jpg.html>
>>
>> You may look large if you like. C&C always welcome. Of course, none of
>> this can be attributed to global warming.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>