{"id":6360,"date":"2015-08-23T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2015-08-23T00:30:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T07:30:21","slug":"smoky-sunset-from-western-wildfires-wk-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/23\/smoky-sunset-from-western-wildfires-wk-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoky Sunset From Western Wildfires — wk 34"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several wildfires were burning in the western states (California, Oregon, Washington) this week. The sunsets have been really amazing with intense red and oranges from the smoke. On Friday, I headed to a park that had some elevation above power lines to capture the sunset. This was a park that I discovered that day — Kunming Park. This park used to be called Rosedale Park, but was renamed when Kunming became a “Sister City”. At the park there are three boulders that were imported from Kunming, China. The orange light from the sunset really enhanced the color of the boulders.<\/p>\n

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Kunming Park Boulders<\/p><\/div>\n

About this time, several people had arrived at the park, mainly locals, to enjoy the sunset at the end of the work week. In the following image, I captured the sun as it was about to set below the mountains behind the tree.<\/p>\n

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Sun Setting, Kunming Park<\/p><\/div>\n

Panning towards the south, away from the sun, the orange was more muted. Also, the layering of the mountain ranges and clouds was more distinct.<\/p>\n

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Smoky Sunset, Kunming Park, No 1<\/p><\/div>\n

The park had some interesting steps, with an S-curve, that creates a leads into the image.<\/p>\n

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Curved Steps Kunming Park<\/p><\/div>\n

When the sun dropped below the mountains, the orange color of the sky became more intense, as can be seen in the image below.<\/p>\n

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Smoky Sunset, Kunming Park, No 2<\/p><\/div>\n

I zoomed in to capture the cloud bank that was hanging above the mountains.<\/p>\n

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Cloud Bank Above Mountains, At Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

I waited, watched and experienced the sunset. Finally, after the sun had dropped further down, the underside of the clouds were lit by the orange sun beams.<\/p>\n

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Last Rays Of The Sunset Catching Clouds<\/p><\/div>\n

A few minutes later, the colors faded as the sun disappeared well below the horizon.<\/p>\n

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