My heart goes out to all those affected by the horrific wildfires in California. Sometimes the news exaggerates what is happening, but not this time. Hundreds of thousands forced to evacuate, thousands of structures burned (including within the city of Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States), and an unknown death toll as of the time I'm writing this post. I fear the official death toll is way underestimated.
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away...
We've had a cold stretch of weather where I live in the Southern Tier of New York. Yesterday started with a dusting of snow but the skies were clearing by sunset.
As my family member and I traveled, I noticed that the hills in front of us were glowing. These hills are covered mainly with bare trees and I've rarely seen them lit up like this What a golden hour delight.
Let's zoom in a little.
Suddenly I saw the road was bending, and I was able to see the actual sunset. (Sorry about the pole)
I got one more photo in before the road curved again and the sunset was visible in the rear view mirror. The mirror was dirty (as are almost all vehicles driving around here in this weather) from road salt but maybe I should have tried a photo anyway. Lesson learned.
Joining Yogi and other skywatchers for #SkywatchFriday.
So many thousands of people lastingly affected by the wild fires - dreaduful!
ReplyDeleteThe glow of your sunset is beautiful.