Something westward burns / by Eric Dacus

There are several forest fires and prescribed burns going on in Utah, and it hasn’t rained much at all since June.  The added particulates made for interesting changes in the hues in the sky as the sun set tonight.  Really fun to watch the light change and fade in front of me tonight.

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I-215, Cottonwood Heights, and Downtown SLC on the horizon.

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A grey-purple hue wasn’t what I was expecting.

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IHC Hospital with the Oquirrh Mountains behind.

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A circular polarizer brings out what’s left of the blue in the sky and the cloud-shadows.

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A different lens, and a tighter view of the clouds and sun.

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Corner-burst

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The end.