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Pilliga Bushfire
Originally uploaded by battyden.

The Pilliga Scrub is burning again. The fire started yesterday, and so far 12400 acres have burned.




Click on the photos of larger views.

The view from Mendooran, 10km from the fire. (3 photo panorama)






Pyrocumulus forming, taken from Dubbo 80km from the fire.

Comments

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=pilliga+scrub&ie=UTF8&z=10&ll=-32.037184,148.94577&spn=0.518046,0.933838&t=h&om=1)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Technically, it's Goonoo Goonoo Forest, but it's part of the Pilliga which is actually further north.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the cloud mass it's pushing through is pure smoke.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[eve-shifter.livejournal.com]

Just looking at all that smoke puts my sinuses on edge. I can almost feel the sneezing fit approaching. I hope they get it under control and put out soon.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

It makes sense, really. Rain can't form without dust to accumulate on. This just happens to have a much higher concentration of particulates and much smaller concentration of water.

Regardless of the tragedy of it, it's extraordinary photography, Batty.

On the other hand, we could take a bunch of meat up there and have some really good smoked ribs...

Have the best

-=TK

You should submit these for the BOM weather calendar

[falconea.livejournal.com]

The Bureau of Meterology has a wonderful weather calendar. People submit their photos to a photo competition for inclusion - you should send them some of yours.

Calendar main page
http://www.bom.gov.au/calendar/index.shtml

Photo competition:
http://www.bom.gov.au/calendar/call.shtml

And wow, they link to the Cloud Appreciation Society! I never knew there was any such thing!
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Audrey
(Daughter of a research meterologist)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Re: You should submit these for the BOM weather calendar

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

ooooh. TA!

[spurkycreations.livejournal.com]

oh jeez. as pretty as it looks i am glad i'm no where near fires this year (so far). my nose and throat ache just looking at these.

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

Wow. And Eeep! Hope you are safe.

Oh and good luck at getting a shot of comet McNaught. It ought to be visible around sunrise and/or around sunset (you'll need to look that up) for you starting from January 15. I missed it here due to clouds. Could turn out to be the brightest comet in human history.