Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos with the keyword: smoke

Today is world photography day. Here is my submission from my backyard. Smoke, smoke and more smoke. A cedar border in our yard and the mountain across the Columbia River in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Our air quality index is currently: Hazardous 320 AQI US On the British Columbia Air Quality site, we are at 10+. Photo taken shortly after noon PST. No clouds. The masks we have been using for Covid are very useful when the atmosphere gets this thick.

This photo demonstrates what we are going to encounter again as the winds have shifted and we are going to experience heavy doses of the smoke coming from the fires in Western Canada. This photo was taken at 1530 in the afternoon.

Please see the four other photos in this set. Alberta is dry and anything will start a fire. We passed by a familiar intersection in the country two weeks ago. At the time the field was on fire and we could see large orange flames. Fortunately the fire did not cross the highway. This truck was driving away from the fire as it was still burning. Currently the city of Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta is fighting for its life as over 1600 homes have been destroyed by a forest fire. It is the largest evacuation in Alberta history, 90,000 people.

We passed by a familiar intersection in the country two weeks ago. At the time the field was on fire and we could see large orange flames. When we returned this is what was left of what the fire had done. Fortunately the fire did not cross the highway. Currently the city of Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta is fighting for its life as over a thousand structures have been destroyed by a forest fire. It is the largest evacuation in Alberta history, 80,000 people.

We passed by a familiar intersection in the country two weeks ago. At the time the field was on fire and we could see large orange flames. When we returned this is what was left of what the fire had done. Fortunately the fire did not cross the highway. Currently the city of Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta is fighting for its life as over a thousand structures have been destroyed by a forest fire. It is the largest evacuation in Alberta history, 80,000 people.

We passed by a familiar intersection in the country two weeks ago. At the time the field was on fire and we could see large orange flames. When we returned this is what was left of what the fire had done. Fortunately the fire did not cross the highway. Currently the city of Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta is fighting for its life as over a thousand structures have been destroyed by a forest fire. It is the largest evacuation in Alberta history, 80,000 people.

We passed by a familiar intersection in the country two weeks ago. At the time the field was on fire and we could see large orange flames. When we returned this is what was left of what the fire had done. Fortunately the fire did not cross the highway. Currently the city of Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta is fighting for its life as over a thousand structures have been destroyed by a forest fire. It is the largest evacuation in Alberta history, 80,000 people.

The smoke from distant forest fires was so thick we could barely see across the lake.

This church is located just west of Calmar, Alberta. There was not a cloud in the sky when this series was taken. The overcast conditions are a result of smoke from distant forest fires crossing the area.

This church is located just west of Calmar, Alberta. There was not a cloud in the sky when this series was taken. The overcast conditions are a result of smoke from distant forest fires crossing the area.

This church is located just west of Calmar, Alberta. There was not a cloud in the sky when this series was taken. The overcast conditions are a result of smoke from distant forest fires crossing the area.

This church is located just west of Calmar, Alberta. There was not a cloud in the sky when this series was taken. The overcast conditions are a result of smoke from distant forest fires crossing the area.