Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT - Outstanding Montana Fire Shot
From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 11:15:16 -0700

> And that is a pretty amazing fire shot - assuming that it wasn't
> done with Photoshop in the Disney studios.:-)

Because this is such an extraordinary picture I have tracked it down to
make sure it is authentic before passing it on. It is authentic. It is
referenced on the US Forest Service web site here:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/pgr/fireinfo/index.html

Here is what they say about it:

The Elk Bath picture was taken by the Alaskan Type I Incident
Management Team on August 6, 2000 on the East Fork of the Bitterroot
River on the Sula Complex. This photograph was taken with a digital
camera and is not available in high resolution. If you use this photo,
please credit the Alaskan Type I Incident Management Team.
Photographer: John McColgan, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire
Service.

There are so many urban legends and forged "news" stories out there
that it is sweet to find one that isn't.

The original AOL reference has more pixels in it than the Forest
Service version.