Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Skywatch Friday - Fire In The Sky

Happy Birthday Skywatch Friday - this great meme turns 3 this week, so be sure and visit. They're asking for people's best photos to celebrate. If you want to see what I think is my best Skywatch photo, view my lightning strike here. For this week, here's something new. It's a picture I took a week ago at sunset where the sky simply caught on fire near the Sun. This is how it came out of the camera, no filters were used and no processing was done on the file.
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26 comments:

  1. Living In Williamsburg VirginiaJuly 14, 2010 at 10:22 PM

    Fantastic photo.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

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  2. SarahJuly 15, 2010 at 2:18 AM

    Amazing photo- wish I could've gone!

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  3. KaoriJuly 15, 2010 at 8:25 AM

    Gorgeous golden sky! I like the shadows, too :D

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  4. RedPatJuly 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM

    Wow - I thought it was a forest fire. That is truly spectacular.

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  5. ClytieJuly 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM

    The sky really does look like it's on fire! Excellent photo! I too wish I could have been there to see this one!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    excellent shot. Like fire into the forest`?
    great
    http://graceolsson.com/blog/2010/07/gudhem-ruiner-at-skyfriday/

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  7. Regina July 15, 2010 at 12:55 PM

    Such beautiful glowing sky!
    Have a great weekend ahead.
    Happy SkyWatch Friday!

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  8. clairzJuly 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    I really did think it was a wildfire, too. Wonderful capture. Happy Skywatching!

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  9. Sylvia KJuly 15, 2010 at 1:00 PM

    Gorgeous, golden skies! And what a terrific capture! Really stunning, Al! Thanks so much for participating in Sky Watch! We all do have fun, don't we? Have a great weekend! Enjoy!

    Sylvia

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  10. Photo CacheJuly 15, 2010 at 2:50 PM

    the sky looks like it's on fire. probably because it's skywatch's 3rd b/day.

    i love this shot.

    ~ewok~

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  11. Carolyn FordJuly 15, 2010 at 4:08 PM

    It definitely looks like fire...it looks like a California fire storm! Wow! That is beautiful.

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  12. ALJuly 15, 2010 at 7:24 PM

    Yep you're right, it's one of the best! Striking view!

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  13. AnzuJuly 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM

    I'm surprised by the passion of sky.
    Literally Golden Fortune .

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  14. PaulaJuly 15, 2010 at 9:00 PM

    Wow, that's fantastic. It really does look just like a wildfire, and the silhouettes are so striking!

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  15. edenJuly 15, 2010 at 9:16 PM

    Awesome!
    Have a great weekend.

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  16. HildaJuly 15, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    Oh my goodness, it does look like there's a fire just behind the hill. Fantastic!

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  17. LewJuly 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM

    Fantastic! The clouds do look like fire. We have had some sunsets like that also - must be a hot, dry sky. I added two links to the July 11 eclipse Andes sunset eclipse and Eclipse watchers to my sky Watch after your comment.

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  18. ArijaJuly 16, 2010 at 1:09 AM

    Great shot with the light rising like flames.

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  19. LindaJuly 16, 2010 at 1:57 AM

    The thumbnail of this caught my eye in my blogroll yesterday but I didn't have time to visit then. It's spectacular - it really looks as if the sun is shooting out flares just over the horizon.

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  20. Boom NisanartJuly 16, 2010 at 1:58 AM

    Amazing captured !!

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  21. AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 2:43 AM

    I do appreciate fiery sky shots but this takes the biscuit!.... It really IS on fire!....:))

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  22. Lisa WilsonJuly 16, 2010 at 8:08 AM

    Amazing and unusual! The lightening strike was amazing, too. You were in the right place at the right time!

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  23. Vanessa WolframJuly 16, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    I love how the light dances across the clouds. Very beautiful!

    http://www.cheerific365.blogspot.com/

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  24. giorno26 ¸¸.•*¨*•.July 16, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    Ciao Al
    questa foto รจ vertamente fantastica... sembra un cielo carico di fuoco !!
    Felice fine settimana.

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  25. BarbJuly 16, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    You had a sulphur sky, Al. I wonder what caused that coloring - a great golden light?

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  26. overtiredmumJuly 18, 2010 at 6:12 AM

    I agree with everyone else , it really does look like the sky is on fire.

    THe lightening strike is amazing - the timing must have been spot on. Good choice for best photo.

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