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where there is smoke

I could not look away. For an entire day, no matter where I was, my eyes sought out the awful (yet strangely beautiful) smoke from nearby forest fires.

The fires were so intense that by the end of the day they would have created their own weather system, clouds known as pyrocumulonimbus, which contain lightning storms that can in turn ignite more fires. An article in Scientific American says, when you see these clouds, “you know you’ve got big trouble below.”

near Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 5.15.2022

takeoff

As it turned out, the bird changed its mind about being in the photo. Sometimes birds are like that, I suppose.

San Diego, California
photographed 4.3029

painter

I watched this guy for a while – he was busy painting the stripes on the street and parking lot along North Harbor Drive. I imagine that he was getting ready for summer tourist season. Finally.

San Diego, California
photographed 5.2.2022

the gull

A man. A Segway. A seagull.

That can be the setup for a really stupid joke, or the setup for this photograph.

San Diego, California
photographed 4.29.2022

culture/clash

I’m just going to leave this here and let you think about it.

San Diego, California
photographed 5.1.2022