I got lucky! When I come back into town I always look to see if Tim or Tam are home on Lovekin point.Sometimes they take off before I can take the shot.I was glad I got the shot before it jumped & also I saw the sun becoming paler & paler due to thicker smoke. After I left I didn’t make it half way through the harbour before the sun has totally gone! I was on my way to visit Romeo.I thought I might be able to squeak in a few shots before it disappeared but apparently not!
That is amazing that the smoke covers up the brilliant sun so quickly and so thoroughly. The hue of the pink sun is so intense in this photo.
the smoke layer above us is of a certain thickness,directly above!(maybe a few hundred feet?) When you measure horizontally that layer is way thicker! So as the sun is setting the light is going through more of this smoke layer.So the light becomes diminished considerably until it is gone.Even though the sun hasn’t technically set yet.
That is really interesting – are there scientists there watching the many forest fires to study the atmospheric conditions as a result of the smoke layer?
I have no idea Linda but because humans are a curious lot I can almost guarantee that this meteorological phenomenon is being studied extensively!
Well they should be able to study it up close as that Parker Solar Probe is up there right now. I’ve not heard much about it … the news is full of political stuff these days and science has to take a backseat.
forest fire smoke has covered the land long before humans ever existed & it will continue to do so long after we are gone.
They are also busy studying the moon – the other day they discovered that ice was on the moon. I don’t know why they bother worry about moon and its environment because I can’t see humans living there unless they eventually trash up the earth so badly that there is nowhere safe to be here anymore.
no matter what we would still be a fish out of water.It’s not our natural environment & so not viable for the masses,& even if we did find a “portal” to a perfect world,we would most assuredly pollute & destroy it eventually.
We are a species out of control with no brake,nature will take care of it.
This is so true and no one cares, especially the current administration. Making people use paper straws instead of plastic and forbidding balloon releases as both hurt aquatic animals is not going to fix, nor undo, what harm has already been done.
I & many top scientists believe we have already passed the tipping point.Remember that wherever there is a beginning there will always be a end.
Sadly that is true. When they discussed the “Heat Dome” recently, they said our erratic weather patterns are the new norm and to get used to it. We have cool weather for three days, and I the last weather forecast I heard, he said “get used to the heat and humidity after this weekend; it is here until mid-September!”
we are slowly cooking ourselves.
Yes – people did not believe in global warming and thought Al Gore was daft.
many people like Trump firmly believe that there is no such thing as global warming! The main reason is that if they did they wouldn’t be able to fill their pockets.That is the main objective for Trump & his buddies,take off all environmental regulations so they can fill their pockets as much as possible! They only have 4 years.
To take away the regulations put in place is unconscionable. He does not care about the environment at all and never will.
the regulations are simply a barrier to him making tons of money! Thats his mandate…..MONEY!
& the real problem is that there are thousands like him in power!
He is money hungry and last week said something to the effect “I am running this operation” … sorry, this is not an “operation” … it’s a country. Maybe the money grubbers who think they have it all and are above it all, will have learned something from yesterday with Cohen and Manafort.
yes,they learned to make dam sure to cover their tracks.Thats what Trump is good at,making sure nobody finds the bodies.
I think it is all going to catch up with him … sooner, rather than later.
& even if he is jailed,you can be dam sure his jail will be better than any vacation resort you could afford! Blind justice my ass.
Yes, he won’t be put into the general population – that’s for sure. Maybe he should be … teach him a lesson or two from the “common folk”.
Trump supposedly speaks for the common man? A billionaire speaking for the common man….honestly who is dumb enough to believe that HS?
He thinks he puts on his red baseball cap and he is like the common man. He has no clue what the common man is or means. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and nothing will change that. In fact, didn’t his father give him a building or some large piece of real estate when he was young?
His father loaned him 7.5 million to start with but it was rumoured to be much more over the course of time.
I couldn’t remember how exactly how it was, but ya … everyone gets their start in the “real world” like that. Right.
Wow – amazing shots. They almost look like paintings.
& to think just a few minutes later it was gone! It has fading fast.
You do not make it easy to choose a favorite picture. Just when I think I have it, you provide a new contender.
& that might be the last one as our weather is changing?
Supercalfragolisticexpealadocious!!!
did you have to look up how to spell that Lori?
Actually, I attempted to spell it phonetically, but it appears that I forgot an “a” in the mix!🙃
better than what i’d spell!
That pink sun is just magnificent – so is the eagle that was kind enough to pose for you.
I got lucky! When I come back into town I always look to see if Tim or Tam are home on Lovekin point.Sometimes they take off before I can take the shot.I was glad I got the shot before it jumped & also I saw the sun becoming paler & paler due to thicker smoke. After I left I didn’t make it half way through the harbour before the sun has totally gone! I was on my way to visit Romeo.I thought I might be able to squeak in a few shots before it disappeared but apparently not!
That is amazing that the smoke covers up the brilliant sun so quickly and so thoroughly. The hue of the pink sun is so intense in this photo.
the smoke layer above us is of a certain thickness,directly above!(maybe a few hundred feet?) When you measure horizontally that layer is way thicker! So as the sun is setting the light is going through more of this smoke layer.So the light becomes diminished considerably until it is gone.Even though the sun hasn’t technically set yet.
That is really interesting – are there scientists there watching the many forest fires to study the atmospheric conditions as a result of the smoke layer?
I have no idea Linda but because humans are a curious lot I can almost guarantee that this meteorological phenomenon is being studied extensively!
Well they should be able to study it up close as that Parker Solar Probe is up there right now. I’ve not heard much about it … the news is full of political stuff these days and science has to take a backseat.
forest fire smoke has covered the land long before humans ever existed & it will continue to do so long after we are gone.
They are also busy studying the moon – the other day they discovered that ice was on the moon. I don’t know why they bother worry about moon and its environment because I can’t see humans living there unless they eventually trash up the earth so badly that there is nowhere safe to be here anymore.
no matter what we would still be a fish out of water.It’s not our natural environment & so not viable for the masses,& even if we did find a “portal” to a perfect world,we would most assuredly pollute & destroy it eventually.
We are a species out of control with no brake,nature will take care of it.
This is so true and no one cares, especially the current administration. Making people use paper straws instead of plastic and forbidding balloon releases as both hurt aquatic animals is not going to fix, nor undo, what harm has already been done.
I & many top scientists believe we have already passed the tipping point.Remember that wherever there is a beginning there will always be a end.
Sadly that is true. When they discussed the “Heat Dome” recently, they said our erratic weather patterns are the new norm and to get used to it. We have cool weather for three days, and I the last weather forecast I heard, he said “get used to the heat and humidity after this weekend; it is here until mid-September!”
we are slowly cooking ourselves.
Yes – people did not believe in global warming and thought Al Gore was daft.
many people like Trump firmly believe that there is no such thing as global warming! The main reason is that if they did they wouldn’t be able to fill their pockets.That is the main objective for Trump & his buddies,take off all environmental regulations so they can fill their pockets as much as possible! They only have 4 years.
To take away the regulations put in place is unconscionable. He does not care about the environment at all and never will.
the regulations are simply a barrier to him making tons of money! Thats his mandate…..MONEY!
& the real problem is that there are thousands like him in power!
He is money hungry and last week said something to the effect “I am running this operation” … sorry, this is not an “operation” … it’s a country. Maybe the money grubbers who think they have it all and are above it all, will have learned something from yesterday with Cohen and Manafort.
yes,they learned to make dam sure to cover their tracks.Thats what Trump is good at,making sure nobody finds the bodies.
I think it is all going to catch up with him … sooner, rather than later.
& even if he is jailed,you can be dam sure his jail will be better than any vacation resort you could afford! Blind justice my ass.
Yes, he won’t be put into the general population – that’s for sure. Maybe he should be … teach him a lesson or two from the “common folk”.
Trump supposedly speaks for the common man? A billionaire speaking for the common man….honestly who is dumb enough to believe that HS?
He thinks he puts on his red baseball cap and he is like the common man. He has no clue what the common man is or means. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and nothing will change that. In fact, didn’t his father give him a building or some large piece of real estate when he was young?
His father loaned him 7.5 million to start with but it was rumoured to be much more over the course of time.
I couldn’t remember how exactly how it was, but ya … everyone gets their start in the “real world” like that. Right.
Wow!