Good morning, Mr Young. From the "lurkers gallery" I say, "Nicely done, sir!" I enjoyed the gas flare image greatly, and have often thought the same as you when I've seen them venting in southern Louisiana. Thank you. Best regards, Peter Stevens ________________________________ From: FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: leicareflex digest users <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:51 AM Subject: leicareflex Digest V11 #283 Leica Reflex Forum Digest +------------------------+------------------------------------ leicareflex Digest Wed, 22 Oct 2014 Volume: 11 Issue: 283 In This Issue: [LRflex] Day into night. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 07:50:59 -0700 Subject: [LRflex] Day into night. I make the long drive between Grande Prairie, Alberta and our home several times a year. Each time, between GP and Grande Cache, I pass about a dozen gas plants. They "flare off" surplus gas (which always strikes me as a waste) for various technical reasons. (Sorry, I'm not a gas expert.) Usually, the flare pipes are off or, if on, flaring only small amounts of gas. But I'd often thought what a dramatic image a large burn might be ... but only if taken at night, for the flames are pathetic (as photo ops) by day. But, those few times I've seen large flare-offs at night, I'd be near the end of a 12 to 13 hour drive, and not really interested in stopping. Just in getting to my destination. As I drove home about a week ago, one of the plants, quite near the road, was flaring large amounts of gas. It was 9 o'clock in the morning with a very dark sky, caused by a heavy rain storm. It looked like day had turned into night. I stopped the car. http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/D2N.html Comments, criticism welcomed, as always. David. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------ End of leicareflex Digest V11 #283 ********************************** ********************* Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/