Wow. So you are telling me that we cannot escape the smoke here in
Yakima by heading to Vancouver Island this year like we did last year?
Nice series.
Aram
On 8/10/2018 9:14 PM, Howard Cummer wrote:
Morning Flexers,
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/ForestFires2018/WestjetTakeoff.jpg.html
Another view of the farmland of Ontario:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/Westjet1.jpg.html
Crossing the East shoreline of Lake Huron:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/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/ForestFires2018/WestjetCumulus.jpg.html
Over the patchwork farmland of Saskatchewan
http://gallery.leica-users.org/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/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/ForestFires2018/Clouds3Smokes.jpg.html
Mountains in the foreground - covered by a blanket of smoke:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke3.jpg.html
Fire on the mountain top:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/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/ForestFires2018/NanaimoFire.jpg.html
Pictures out of sequence:
Over the rockies
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke1.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/ForestFires2018/CloudsSmoke.jpg.html
My Chinese water colour landscape again:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/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
