Sun during Australian Fires December 2019 by Kaye Menner
by Kaye Menner
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Sun during Australian Fires December 2019 by Kaye Menner
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Kaye Menner
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An image of the sun setting that I captured on 4 December 2019 from the front of my house in the north of Sydney during the catastrophic bushfires in Australia in December 2019 and January 2020.
It is only in the past day or so that we have seen a partially normal sun in the sky. Of course, this depends upon the wind direction and where you live.
Some of the fires came close to our house, but we were not effected thank goodness. But very poor air quality with smoke particles has left us with very smokey red skies for a month or more now with the sun most days with an eerie red hue.
The weather has cooled down here today with supposedly similar cooler conditions for the next few days which will give our firefighters a better chance. We were having temperatures up to 45 degrees C (113F) in north western Sydney where I am, and even up to 48.9 degrees C (around 120F) further west.
Sydney, New South Wales and other states have been in severe drought, so until we get some decent rain, these fires may keep on going if we get more very hot temperatures. We have rather severe water restrictions in force at present.
One site just for further info - although there is much news of the Australian Bushfires:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/22/australia-bushfires-factcheck-are-this-years-fires-unprecedented
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January 11th, 2020
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Kaye Menner
Thanks Maryse, yes it was a sight with the eerie color of fire. I too hope it does not happen again this year. Loved more of your image and left a couple of L/F's :)
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