California Wildfires as seen from space:

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a great image!

It really shows the scope of this fire...

Horrendous.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Wow!

[Blue_Tires]

3. incredible...

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Mount Wilson observatories as seen from the ground

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3

[Jcgrey]

5. Another view..

Larger view at link.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=40011

[asdjrocky]

11. Great first post Jcgrey.

Welcome to DU :hi:!

[Pangolin2]

14. I got yelled at yesterday for saying there were several fires.

Felt like the Beaver.

:-)

[damntexdem]

6. "Look, I can see my house burn from here!"

Had to be said.

And in space, no one can hear you scream.

[intheflow]

7. Colorado has just issued a smoke advisory for NW CO.

I'm about 30 miles from the foothills here in Denver and I can barely see the mountains for the haze brought on by the fires. :( I worry about my friends in LA.

[CrispyQ]

9. The moon was orange all night last night, not just on rising.

The haze obscures the mountains. My first thought was that there was a forest fire locally. But I checked & there isn't.

[intheflow]

10. I saw that moon last night, too.

Eerie!

[CrispyQ]

12. I checked out your homepage in your profile.

Cute critters! Your calico is gorgeous!

Is that a catahoula? We got our catahoula from the pound 3.5 years ago. I have loved all my dogs, but this one has captured my heart like no other!

[intheflow]

15. Alas! The calico passed away about 3 years ago.

She was insane. I know most calicos are insane, but she was rescued from a kitten mill and I really do think she was grossly inbred. :(

Are you talking about the spotted dog? That was my friend's dog, and she was a German Shorthair Pointer. She's passed on now, too, but what a wonderful, sweet and loving dog she was! My current (and only) fur kid is Bear, a chocolate lab/German shepherd mix. By far and away the most loyal, loveable and well-behaved dog I have ever known. :)

[CrispyQ]

16. Oh, Bear is beautiful!

I don't see the German Sheperd, but he is lovely!

I had a semi-skitzoid calico many years ago. I loved her dearly, but I never knew which personality I was going to encounter!

I beleive the type of coat your firend's dog had is called blue merle. I think it's a very stunning look.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

8. Big Meadow is HARDLY in Northern California

x(

[votingupstart]

13. thats a lot of smoke (and fire) nt