Pyrocumulus
by Karen Slagle
Title
Pyrocumulus
Artist
Karen Slagle
Medium
Photograph
Description
Today is the third day for this 34,000 acre wildfire roaring across the prairies and down into Palo Duro Canyon in the panhandle of Texas. This image was taken from my backyard which is 20 or so miles from the fire. The heat from some fires create their own weather. This fire created this cloud, lightning and thunder but no rain. We are in a serious and dangerous drought with only 1/4 inch of moisture since October of 2017. Everything is brown, dry and brittle, ready to burn with the right conditions of high heat, 98 today, high winds from the SW, humidity of 10 percent.
Uploaded
May 11th, 2018
Statistics
Viewed 470 Times - Last Visitor from Ottawa, ON - Canada on 04/17/2024 at 1:56 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
Similar Images
Comments (20)
Mary Lou Chmura
Wow, Not sure how I ever missed this amazing capture, sad to see but terrific capture! L&F
Bunny Clarke
I still am amazed with the beautiful details of these disasters. so much destruction and yet beauty.
Gary Richards
Congrats on your many features of this fire image...I was up in the Panhandle in November of that year but stayed further south at Caprock Canyon.
Bunny Clarke
The forms in this cloud are so fascinating. I had to come and visit again and study it.
Bunny Clarke
It seems that fires and volcanos look so similar when they are at work. I love this near apocalyptic looking image. Surreal and beautiful, yet frightening too.
Tami Quigley
Just wow Karen, what fantastic drama in the sky and accented beautifully in black and white! L/F
Bunny Clarke
This is so gorgeous Karen. You should post the other two you put on FB too. They are fabulous as this one is. :o)
Bob Christopher
Hi Karen... I like your image. A wonderful photojournalistic shot. Very powerful...Cheers Bob fv
Kellice Swaggerty
This is amazing, Karen! Your description shed a light of light on the seriousness of the situation, and I hope you and your family remain safe. Congratulations on your well deserved features! L/F
Karen Slagle replied:
Thank you, Kellice...we are safe but the fire has now burned over 73,000 acres, we need rain badly.
Reynold Jay
Congratulations on all the features for this dynamic photo Karen! Beautiful work of art. FAVORITE!
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “Black and White – The Art Form”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/black-and-white--the-art-form.html?showmessage=true&messageid=3910660
Toni Hopper
Congratulations Karen! I've been following the fire progress on Facebook when I have time. This is such an incredible image and I'm so glad you processed it in black and white. I have featured it on the home page of Women Photographers group. You are invited to post the embed code into the featured discussion in the group for the month of May! Liked and favorited! Definitely a fantastic image and great example of photojournalism. Good description.
Karen Slagle replied:
Thank you Toni for the feature, I will check out the discussion. The fire is now over 69,000 acres.
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Recently Viewed
