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Posted: 13 Jul 2014


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Spreading Creek Wildfire

Spreading Creek Wildfire
We were traveling up Highway 93 through Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies and had crossed the Saskatchewan River when we noticed smoke from a forest fire over the river and country to the east. Just beyond the river Highway 93 intersected Highway 11 and we decided to travel down Highway 11 to see whatever was visible of the fire. We were warned that there was a lot of smoke and that we should drive carefully. After traveling through an area where we could see the remains of the fire in the distance we saw helicopters with buckets scooping water from a nearby lake and dumping it on the fire not far south of the road. We stopped to take pictures of the copters when suddenly the wind kicked up and all of a sudden the fire was roaring in the trees right next to the road and we could feel the heat. It was obvious that the fire was coming toward us and we got away as quickly as possible. As we left we found that they were closing the road just to the west. We later learned that the fire had been started by lightning on July 3rd and actually did burn into Banff before being contained. The fire is now known as the Spreading Creek Wildfire and continues to burn though it classified as "contained." This is one of the last pictures we took before driving away.

Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy), , Ecobird, and 44 other people have particularly liked this photo


31 comments - The latest ones
 Pam J
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Heartbreaking..........
10 years ago.
 Fizgig
Fizgig
Destruction before creation.... Still sad to see so many big old trees engulfed in flames, not to mention the wildlife that perishes in such infernos. At least this one wasn't the fault of 'man'.

Great shot!
10 years ago.
 Indira Nair
Indira Nair
Ooh...that is bad... so much flora would have been destroyed
Glad to know that you are safe, Ron
10 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
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Beautiful work!

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10 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
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10 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
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Scary, very ! Good shot
10 years ago.
 William Sutherland
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Stunning capture!
10 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
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Hi again Ron. Well done Regards Tess.
10 years ago.
 Esther
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That is pretty scary. The fire is so close to you. What an amazing capture.
10 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
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10 years ago.
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10 years ago.
 Kathleen Thorpe
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What a disaster! Banff National is such a beautiful forest; what a shame!! You got a good shot, Ron albeit "too close for comfort"!!
10 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
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La photo est superbe,mais très dangereux de rester dans les parages..!
Vous avez assister a un drame forestier..!
10 years ago.
 Fantasyfan
Fantasyfan
Oh, very dramatic - and dangerous
10 years ago.
 J.Garcia
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Very dangerous! A great picture
10 years ago.
 niraK68
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oh!! nicht gut!! eine fantastische Aufnahme Ron
10 years ago.
 ColRam
ColRam
Excellente prise !! Dommage pour cette forêt
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
thats a disaster:(
10 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
wish you a magic week ahead!
10 years ago.
 Dave Hilditch
Dave Hilditch
Great image, Ron. Hope it didn't do too much damage!

~Painting with Mother Nature~
10 years ago.
 guenievre
guenievre
Oh! Wow!
10 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
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Remarkable capture, not the place to hang around, great work Ron
10 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal
Wow, amazing capture and narrative! I'm glad you were able to get out of there in time!
10 years ago.
 Nora Caracci
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what a dramatic event.... impressive image ...
10 years ago.
 raingirl
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oh the beauty of nature even in it's destructive phase.

it's so great that you got such range in the colors. i love the trees on the right appearing to lean in towards the fire. happy you got out safe.
10 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
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You were brave to go so close to the fire. Interesting description of the event. A very dramatic image, and well framed by the trees. You have captured the essence of the wild fire. The mood is intensified by the composition and the vivid colours of the smoke and the fire.
IMO the scene is alive, and we share your experience :-)
Btw I agree with David that it could be cropped, but I would keep the foreground track and grass.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
I live in a country where fires are a constant threat...
10 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
Amazing photo Ron. It must have been scary. I understand that these forest fires can spread really quickly. Thank you for sharing your experiences and your photo
10 years ago.
 Andrea Riberti
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This is not what we would like to see. How sad.
7 years ago.

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