http://www.globeandmail.com/RTGAM_Ar...0620fires2.jpg

Fires burning in the mountains
around the Vallecito Reservoir
in southwestern Colorado reflect
off the lake. Photo: Shaun Stanley/AP

http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/fire/hayman/satellite.htm

~james

With the economic losses of the wildfires in Colorado, Arizona and elsewhere, I wonder if psychological testing of firefighters will have a higher priority in the future to screen out firestarters.

Local wildfire image (bragging enabled)
 

I was up most of the night taking photos of a local wildfire a couple of nights ago, and one of them was actually used on the front page of one of Utah's bigger newspapers (possibly the biggest in the state), the Salt Lake Tribune. The website included this small version, but the paper version included a big 8x10 version.

Of the 169 photos I took, I didn't think this was the best of the bunch, but it's the one they liked, so I wasn't going to argue with them. I can post more when I get home later if anybody is interested, many are very striking. Thank goodness for a tripod and 10x zoom. I've never had a photo published the the paper before, so to get the front page is pretty exciting for me.

http://www.sltrib.com

Alan "hot Pastrami" Bellows

Very very <b>very</b> cool. I'll be interested in seeing the others.

Hope you get a few hunnerd bucks for the pic too :)

Started a new thread with my other photos, since it isn't a Colorado wildfire...

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1786

colorado, utah... whatever. that image kicks. :)

~james