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Colorado Prairie Fire

2024-07-09 By Roger Edwards

Colorado Prairie Fire

Ignited by an exceptionally potent lightning strike under a supercell’s anvil, this Great Plains grass fire spread out in a ring at first, then got steered westward by strengthening inflow to the storm that caused it.  Sparse, light rain falling from the anvil wasn’t enough to stop this conflagration, and fire trucks already were on the way from the nearest towns about 20 miles away.  I exited the scene before they closed in on the fire, or it closed in on me.  Some combination of the fire trucks and increasing rain put this out soon.

2 N Aroya CO (8 Jun 24) Looking NE
38.8834, -103.1268

Filed Under: Burnscapes Tagged With: aroya, clouds, Colorado, convection, Great Plains, landscapes, smoke, weather, wildfire

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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