Skywatch Friday: Smoldering Sky

From Jun 28, 2011
From Jun 28, 2011

From Jun 28, 2011


Looking through my photo archives, I came across these photos of North Topsail Beach, where forest fires raged for weeks upon weeks and smoke and soot dimmed and tainted the air and scattered a light so that everything glowed with a dull, ethereal light.

This has been a year of weather extremes all over the place. I suppose the miracle is that the earth absorbs all of this change and goes on and on. May we all do the same.

Skywatch Friday

Post a Comment

24 Comments

  1. Yes Mother Earth sure is a miracle worker. Let us hope for her survival and ours. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous9:33 AM

    Wow - those first two shots are amazingly dramatic and beautiful...

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dramatic skies indeed! And it has been a year of dramatic weather, that's for sure! Hope you have lovely weekend, Sandy! Enjoy!

    Sylvia

    ReplyDelete
  4. how true...nature is quite resilient!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Mother Earth with paintbrush in hand. I love the first one most of all.

    When you have time, Mr. Cheddar has a new (and very catty) review posted at:

    www.myreallifereviews.com

    I'm sure his doggie pal Clyde will want to check this one out too. Very cheeeeeeesy!

    Hugs, G

    ReplyDelete
  6. Oh my ! that looks really scary !

    ReplyDelete
  7. Yes. I hope we can survive our own catastrophes.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Amazing views of beauty born from tragedy.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Very dramatic shots Sylvia. It is amazing how the earth can survive the traumas. Fire can be beneficial in nature but hard with people so nearby for cyclic fires to be anything but destructive.

    ReplyDelete
  10. That was dramatic.
    Greetings from Norway

    ReplyDelete
  11. awesome shots
    opened me RIGHT up
    for your awesome
    thoughts,
    Sandy




    Warm Aloha from Waikiki

    Comfort Spiral

    > < } } ( ° >

    ><}}(°>

    < ° ) } } > <

    ReplyDelete
  12. Anonymous6:12 PM

    Energy felt must have been amazing.

    Please have a good Friday you all.


    daily athens photo

    ReplyDelete
  13. Oh my gush it looks scary! ^_^ I am following you and happy weekend!

    SWF

    ReplyDelete
  14. Very perfect captures.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Those are dramatic shots... they looked like dark clouds to me.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Great moody shots. Yes the weather has been wild everywhere it seems this year.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Dramatic events that make up for dramatic images. I agree with you on the extreme weather all over the world, we have had our share too.
    Have a great Friday dear Sandy,
    xoxo

    ReplyDelete
  18. You are so right about the earth and the weather. It is just amazing what all goes on and it keeps on keeping on.

    ReplyDelete
  19. What dark and threatening images . . . pity Halloween is past.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Lovely work as usual...thanks for sharing...
    hugs
    Sandi

    ReplyDelete
  21. Amen!! May we thrive no matter what!
    Awesome photos!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

    ReplyDelete
  22. Fabulous shots, Sandy!

    ReplyDelete
  23. So foreboding and yet so beautiful just the same.

    ReplyDelete
  24. Sandy, amazing photos! I know I have been surprised by the early snow storm in October, then this perpetually warm weather!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for being here.