Mount Shasta

They are banned here in some areas, but unfortunately they are allowed way too much. It has to do, I think, with the vastness of the territory, the mistaken assumption is that they don't do much harm in a "big sky." I suspect it also has to do with how powerful the farming lobby is in a given region. They have to apply for a permit to burn and only certain seasons and materials, but I doubt they're refused very often. The smoke hangs in the air for days or weeks.

Lovely layers of colour, haze, cloud and silhouettes, Diane

Hello, Diana! Thank you very much.

love the whispiness of the clouds yet with full coverage of the sky.