Here in Orange County we're battling a huge fire in Trabuco Canyon, a semi-rural area in the southeastern part of the county. The canyon itself is highly populated, but luckily the fire moved uphill from where it started and is mostly burning in uninhabited areas.
It's called the Airport Fire due to California's inscrutable naming system for fires, apparently because it started next to an airfield used by hobbyists to fly RC planes. This is not an "airport" by any stretch, but I guess that doesn't matter.
I went out yesterday to take pictures, and they're sort of ho-hum. Needless to say, I couldn't get anywhere near the fire itself, so I had to settle for very long telephoto shots.
Thats an old DC10 with the fire retardant. Nice shot.
Out of curiosity, have any MD-11s been converted?
I was just now thinking about asking if you could see the fire.
I disagree with you, Mr. Drum...these are fabulously evocative and tell the truth of these raging fires. Very good...take my word for it, these are great. Traveller
Do you wear a facemask when you smell smoke? Particulate has a direct bypass lane to the brain, you know.
I'm visiting CA, staying in Irvine, it's strange to look out the hotel window each day to see what's happening with the fire 12 miles away.