Where there's smoke...

[khiemtran]

There's an enormous plume of black and white smoke over our little town today. A controlled "hazard reduction" burn is in progress in the Royal National Park.





Liem watching from the road behind our house. The bandana is from a cowboy costume he bought yesterday.



You can't see it from these photos, but there's a vivid yellow tinge to everything, thanks to the smoke filtering the sun.

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

The photos (and the ones in the next post) are very dramatic and more than a little scary. I hope the controlled burn does the trick and keep the houses safe from a real wildfire.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's going to be a bad season this year (they're predicting a dry summer after two years of rain), so we're grateful for all the protection we can get. Apparently there was only a narrow window this week to do a burn off before the winds picked up again, so they seized the opportunity.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

This is **terrifying** to me (though not as terrifying as the next entry's photos) even if it's a controlled burn. And yet exciting at the same time. How did Liem react? (I love him with the bandana over his mouth).

Love how the sun appears as a six-pointed star.

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

Liem was excited at first, then keen to go inside, so it might have been a bit scary for him. It certainly was a bit alarming later that night when all the neighbours had gathered to watch the smoke and flames and everyone was wondering whether the fire was still under control.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

everyone was wondering whether the fire was still under control.

--makes me heartsick just to read the sentence :-(