Living next to a wilderness area, lightning can strike during monsoon season and start a wildfire. That’s an annual threat in Arizona. The smoke travels and descends into pockets of the terrain and sits there causing poor air quality for animals and people. This picture is bizarrely beautiful. Taken in 2014, the wind pushed the smoke from a fire forty miles away to the Verde Valley.
Cindy Bruchman 
Superb palette
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Many thanks, Derrick.
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Beautiful Cindy, that deserves a wall to hang on.
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High praise coming from a photographer whose work I admire. 🙂
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Wow!
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Absolutely gorgeous!
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Wow! What a beautiful photo! A work od fine art, Cindy
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Thanks, Don.
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You made the very best of a once in a lifetime opportunity. Striking indeed, Cindy.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The fire fumes/fog/pollution had a green tint. It was a strange morning when took it. Thank you, my friend.
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Pretty photography as always Cindy 🙂
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Thanks, John.
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Dearest John,
Thanks again for participating so enthusiastically with the L13FC post. I’m closing up the comments now. What a great job you did initiating conversation. Let’s think of a future post to co-host, okay?
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That would be wonderful 🙂
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I need this framed. Sent to the following address: 6 Cobblestone Lane . . .
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No seriously this is a beautiful shot. Lovely color and depth
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So strange that the beauty is in the horroric result of a fire!
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Yes, that is a really beautiful photograph, but in a bad kind of way, if you see what I mean?
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I know! I am thinking of it as a silver lining. But it would be hard to breathe down there. I lived on a hill at the time, and I was sorry for those poor souls in the hollows.
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Well done. “Living next to wilderness”? I’m green with envy.
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Yesssss. Big empty skies. Sunny days.
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i love the composition of the four long rectangles, but would trim the bottom half of the bottom one to make it the same height as the top one. colors are remarkable.
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I will take another look.
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We get something similar in the bushfire seasons.
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Epic.
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Thanks, Lloyd! I was standing at the right place at the right time.
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Maybe but I still think your talent plays a role.
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You’re a sweet man. 🙂
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not many people standing in that same place at the same time would see the same thing you saw…..fewer still would be able to share that vision with others
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Xxoo
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That is so beautiful! Thanks for the backstory.
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You are kind. Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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Good news Cindy, I have a nice post about walking nature just for you. 🙂 Also it is what happened that day. 🙂
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Ah, thanks Lloyd! I will get to it later today.
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🙂
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Absolutely jaw-dropping!
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I am glad you liked it. Thanks, Keith.
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Wow, that is amazing.
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Thank you, Robbie.
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