Waldo Canyon Fire Sky — Sunset, 27 June 2012

© 2012 Peter Free

 

28 June 2012

 

Waldo Canyon Fire sky, sunset 27 June 2012.

 

Smoky lungs, beautiful sky

 

A strong wind from the north cleared out some of the Waldo Canyon Fire’s obscuring haze today.

 

The wind left two predominant smoke layers — a smoggy-looking ground layer and remnants of the main smoke plume running across the top of the picture.

 

 

Losses

 

The Fire Department has not released the number of homes that burned during the racing inferno yesterday.  Credible rumors peg it at 200 to 300.

 

John Wark’s outstanding aerial photographs show some of the devastation.