Years Since The Fire (alligator juniper) — Image by kenne
Years since the fire
Standing as a test of time —
Juniper power.
— kenne
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Years since the fire
Capturing The Moment — Burnt Forest Leave a comment
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My name is, kenne,
I cry and curse each wildfire
Breathing dust and smoke.
— kenne
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Forest Thinning On Mount Lemmon Leave a comment
Forest Thinning On Mount Lemmon — Images by kenne
HELP PREVENT FOREST FIRES!
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“May Your Mountains Rise . . .” 7 comments
Views along the lower third of Bug Springs Trail Near Catalina Highway. — Images by kenne
This area experience a wildfire several years ago. Signs still stand as grass and other desert plants slowly take hold. This time of year everything is dry and windy. There will probably not be any rain between now and the summer monsoon, which normally begins in July. Hopeful, this area will not experience another wildfire.
May your trails be crooked,
winding,
lonesome,
dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into
and above the clouds.
— Edward Abbey
Bug Springs Trail Panoramic View Toward The Higher Elevation Segment Of Catalina Highway — Image by kenne
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Gila Wildfire In New Mexico Creates Smokey Conditions In Tucson 1 comment
Sunset showing the smokey conditions over Tucson from the Gila wildfire in New Mexico. — Image by kenne
A record-setting New Mexico wildfire is spreading in all directions. A massive, erratic Gila National Forest blaze grew overnight to more than 190,000 acres, or nearly 300 square miles, as it raced across the area’s steep, ponderosa pine-covered hills and through its rugged canyons. The wildfire in the New Mexico wilderness that already is the largest in state history spread in all directions Thursday, and experts say it’s likely a preview of things to come as states across the West contend with a dangerous recipe of wind, low humidity and tinder-dry fuels. The conditions that help fuel the wildfire worry all residents of the southwest since we are all experiencing very dry, low humidity, perfect for wildfires throughout New Mexico and Arizona.
Here in Tucson, wer are currently experiencing only smoke from the Gila wildfire, as can be seen from this evening sunset over the Tucson Mountains. Let’s hope that’s all we will be dealing with.
kenne
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Dark Powder On The Trail 2 comments
Dark Powder On The Trail
Born of a volcanic eruption,
covered with ash and pumice,
fused into spires and rock formations
at the crossroads of the
Chihuahuan and Sonora deserts.
Bonita Canyon, refuge to the Apaches,
later to become the Faraway Ranch,
managed by a blind woman,
Lillian was her name,
in a wonderland of rocks.
The land of standing rocks,
A backdrop to a biological paradise
through modern history —
returned to ashes by Horseshoe 2 fire
leaving dark powder on the Bonita Trail.
Wildflowers, the first to return
adding color to the black and gray,
first symbolized by a flower
left by the fire’s inferno
to dodge the debris flows.
Time will heal the Chiricahua wounds
not by man’s clock of numbers,
but to Mother Nature’s cycles
linked to the brain in our hearts
creating a day out of time.
kenne
creating a day out of time.
kenne
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Wildfire Smoke Pushed Our Way Leave a comment
Catalina Foothills Smoked-filled Sunset, Monday, June 20, 2011 — Image by kenne
Late Monday afternoon, the skies got dark as the winds blow in smoke from the wildfires to our east. Here’s a short video showing the conditions Monday and how they had changed make to normal the following afternoon.
kenne
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