Musings on life and times
In an earlier post, The Waiting Game, I wrote about the bulk carriers waiting to load coal in the Port of Newcastle, New South Wales. At different times of day, we counted up to eleven of these ships against the horizon. The third photo below was taken looking further north, with no bulk carriers visible.
A few weeks ago, I posted some shots relating to an early start to the bushfire season around Sydney.
Thursday, 17th October was a truly awful day. Very strong winds gusting to over 80 km/hr, together with temperatures over 35°C, made this one of the worst days for bushfires in many years. Over two hundred homes have been lost in the Blue Mountains alone. As I write this, many fires are still burning, although a couple of cooler days have enabled the fire-fighters to regain some control.
While the worst fires were some 50 km west of Sydney, the prevailing winds ensured that the city was blanketed in smoke all afternoon, casting a somewhat eerie orange light.
The photos of the sun (above) were taken at 4:55 pm daylight time, more than two hours before sunset. How appropriate for this week’s challenge!
Half an hour later, the gardens were still bathed in this all too familiar hue.
Each cloud contains a [very large] finite number of water droplets, but the space available to them seems infinite
Camera : Canon Powershot SX50 HS, f/4, 1/500 sec, ISO 80. Taken Sydney area: 07:49 AEST on 13/10/2013, ambient temp 23°C on way to maximum 35°C at ~14:00