Sun and the Moon ~ Off Topic
We decided to visit Gold Beach, Oregon earlier this summer and reservations were set.
Three says ago the wildfire smoke was still contained inland. Last night while checking the smoke path I could the path "favoring" our location for a possible colorful sunset.
#1: Morning map of the smoke from the Moon Complex wildfires.
#2: At 6:44 pm confirmed my thoughts.
#3: Photo taken at 7:16.26 pm edit is only Adaptive Color profile. Enlarging you can see the Green Flash. Photos taken at 7:16.24, and 7:16.28 do not show the green flash. This is unusual from my experience as the duration is more like a pulse.
The title refers to the Sun and the smoke from the Moon Complex fire.
8 Comments
Hi Dean,
it sucks don't it? I live up in Kitsap County WA - we have the Bear Gulch fire up in Hoodsport area, which is just right over the hills...these photos were taken back on 5/19/25.
Photo # 1 - was taken at 5:13 pmSeabeck - by Big Beef Creek;
Photo # 2 was talen on 5/19/25 @ 5:42 pm near the ort Orchard Marina.
Photo 3 was taken at 5:44 pm, by the Port Orchard Marina.
The smoke just bellows in...Kinda looks like pictures taken up on Mars....
Our neighbor has a cabin on Lake Cushman.
That’s right there in the area o of the fires
I love the atmospheric feel of the first image Don.
That first image, was up in Seabeck, it was hazy, within a 1/2 hour it got dark...The haze does give some good sunsets/sunrise, I have taken many over the last few years!
That sucks but I think you've made the most of what you had to work with.
I know not what you planned, but I feel that an amount of haziness can add atmosphere to an image, and result in beautifully diffused lighting.
Great job adapting to the conditions!
I hate these fires, and I cannot comment without becoming very critical of what I regard as stupid forestry practice. Glad you could make it work for you. I was in Wyoming doing a residency for the Forest Service in Bighorn National Forest. The smoke from Oregon and NorCal fires was so thick I couldn't see from ridge to ridge in places. Span between the two was less than a mile.
It gets that bad here to