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Montana Outdoors
Smoke will do that. Beautiful picture, but sad to think about that fire.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — July 31, 2017 @ 11:27 pm
Yes. This photo was taken tonight from the top of the peak in my previous post.
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Comment by montucky — July 31, 2017 @ 11:29 pm
Stunning. I stared it for a long time.
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Comment by Sartenada — August 1, 2017 @ 12:08 am
I enjoyed watching the sun disappear behind the mountains at the horizon.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 7:09 am
Stunning colour…..shame about the fire behind the lovely coloured skies.
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Comment by Vicki — August 1, 2017 @ 12:32 am
The orange sky colored the landscape. I will post a few more photos from up there.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 7:11 am
Gorgeous. 🌈
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Comment by heartandsoul974 — August 1, 2017 @ 3:19 am
Seeing a sunset from a mountain peak is a beautiful experience.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 7:12 am
I ne we have done that but maybe someday.
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Comment by heartandsoul974 — August 1, 2017 @ 11:52 am
I hope you will be able to!
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 12:07 pm
Whoops, excuse the typo. 😁
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Comment by heartandsoul974 — August 1, 2017 @ 5:58 pm
The minimalism of this panoramic sunset is part of its appeal.
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Comment by Steve Schwartzman — August 1, 2017 @ 4:57 am
Exactly!
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 7:13 am
It’s a gorgeous photo and I am partial to sunsets. But I find it makes me saddened to think that the color that makes it that beautiful is from something so destructive. Are the wildfires being somewhat contained?
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — August 1, 2017 @ 7:09 am
Most of the fires are small and are being contained but there are still several large ones that will probably burn until winter including this one. The largest one in the eastern part of the state has now been contained after it burned an area larger than New York City. I’m afraid there will be many more new fires before summer is through.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 7:16 am
Wow! I remember when we lived in Oregon, there were wildfires in the eastern part of the state and I was just amazed at how much destruction they caused and how quickly they spread. So hard to comprehend how large an area wildfires can decimate if you haven’t lived in the West, I think.
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — August 1, 2017 @ 7:30 am
Yes, I think one must see one of these fires to become calibrated to the magnitude of them. They are especially graphic when viewed from the air or from a mountain peak. I’m still trying to figure out exactly where the current one here is.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 8:26 am
Terry:
This fire has been named the “Liberty Fire” and is 2,500 acres and 14.5 miles east of Arlee up the south fork of the Jocko River Valley. Co-ordinates from InciWeb Forest Fires for this fire are:
47.139 latitude, -113.78 longitude
Chad
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Comment by Anonymous — August 1, 2017 @ 11:43 am
No, Chad, this is not the Liberty fire. This one is due south of here and if it is indeed an existing fire, it is the Sunrise fire south of Superior.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 12:12 pm
Terry:
Sorry about that. Sunrise Fire is due south of you at 6,400 acres and at the following co-ordinates: 47.037 latitude, -114.879 longitude
Chad
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Comment by Anonymous — August 1, 2017 @ 2:08 pm
Chad, I know exactly where the Sunrise fire is, and it’s now over 10,000 acres.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 2:32 pm
That’s one good thing about a forest fire; the sunsets can be unbelievable.
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — August 1, 2017 @ 3:35 pm
This was colorful but not widespread. The prevailing winds have kept nearly all of the smoke away from this area. We are lucky. The air quality in Missoula (the largest town within a hundred miles) is very bad and there is a small town about 50 miles away where the air quality is called “hazardous”.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 3:45 pm
There were big fires up in Canada a few years ago and I saw some great sunsets but luckily the smoke didn’t reach here.
That’s too bad that people have to suffer through it. I have enough breathing problems without that!
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Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — August 1, 2017 @ 3:59 pm
It is very hard on those who have breathing problems, and some have to go some place to get out of it if they can. I am very lucky: it only annoys me and burns my eyes.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 4:03 pm
It’s a beautiful photo. It’s interesting how the outline of the mountains softens at sunset, even without the smoke. There aren’t any fires around here, but we have another dose of Saharan dust headed our way. It’s not destructive, but it certainly provides interesting sunsets, and causes the same sort of breathing problems for people who are sensitive to it.
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Comment by shoreacres — August 1, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
I feel badly for the folks wh have breathing problems and have to suffer through smoke or dust as well. It’s very difficult and threatening too.
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Comment by montucky — August 1, 2017 @ 9:51 pm
An amazing shot .. great click! ! Sad to think of the fire though ..
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Comment by Julie@frogpondfarm — August 3, 2017 @ 1:47 pm
Over the past century, the fires have grown larger and hotter because we decided to put out every small one that nature started, letting the forests build up fuel that would certainly burn some day. And now we act surprised.
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Comment by montucky — August 3, 2017 @ 2:07 pm
Stunning shot!
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Comment by Candace — August 3, 2017 @ 5:21 pm
That photo was taken from the top of the tall peak in my post of “Western Montana’s newest fire”. Fortunately, the smoke in that post was from a fire another 20 miles to the south..
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Comment by montucky — August 3, 2017 @ 6:29 pm
Incredible!
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Comment by seekraz — August 7, 2017 @ 1:17 pm