Mother Nature is a serious artist

[noemon]

Elafonisos

[eugenebmw]

True Autumn color are dense, rich and warm.

[Dégoûté]

Am.

[Buug959]

The view from the "Office" this morning. Ok, so I wasn't in the "Office". I had to walk about 50ft to get the right angles.

[spazzyfry123]

Recent drive over the hill.



And another in W NC not long ago before the current state of affairs.

[spazzyfry123]

A couple shots from a camp trip last fall in Upstate SC. I think all three of these were taken from the same spot, just 90° increments.

[eugenebmw]

Mother nature at its finest

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by eugenebmw

Mother nature at its finest

Lovely!

[M_Six]

The farmers are harvesting soybeans. It puts a shit ton of dust in the air. Wifey's eyes have been driving her nuts because she can't wear her contacts. But it does make for some interesting sunsets.

[3798j]

Northern lights...last night...viewed from my front porch...Pennsylvania.

[Pauly Wauly]

I saw the northern lights last night. I couldn't take a picture because I was driving, but it looked like this picture.

[M_Six]

Walk in the park this evening.

[3.0L]

The comet, as seen last night from the front office of an airliner.

[GarySL]

Comet C/2023 S2 (ATLAS), from Rough & Ready Wayside (near Cave Junction, OR)

[ezaircon4jc]

I would love to see it, but, alas, marine layer

[GarySL]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I would love to see it, but, alas, marine layer

Ditch the fog Ezair, just up the road in San Marcos on Double Peak last night

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by GarySL

Ditch the fog Ezair, just up the road in San Marcos on Double Peak last night

I'm in San Marcos; off the 3rd hole of Twin Oaks golf course. I went out about 10 'til 7 and saw "the wall."

[GarySL]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I'm in San Marcos; off the 3rd hole of Twin Oaks golf course. I went out about 10 'til 7 and saw "the wall."

Directly southeast of San Marcos on Monday evening, above 'the wall' at Double Peak Park:

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I'm in San Marcos; off the 3rd hole of Twin Oaks golf course. I went out about 10 'til 7 and saw "the wall."

I’ve played that course in a charity scramble many years ago, and lived in Discovery Hills for 4 years. The fire in 2014 got to about 100 yards from my house. Mother Nature can be a different kind of mother at times. Love SM!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

I’ve played that course in a charity scramble many years ago, and lived in Discovery Hills for 4 years. The fire in 2014 got to about 100 yards from my house. Mother Nature can be a different kind of mother at times. Love SM!

That is an awesome picture! Terrifyingly awesome!

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That is an awesome picture! Terrifyingly awesome!

It was a sad and scary day. For 3 days the Santa Ana winds had been howling out of the East, and in Carlsbad to the West of us local fire fighters had been fighting as hard as they could. I was at work in Encinitas and out of my office window about 3:30 I could see a little plume of smoke popping up East of our house. Uh oh. It took me about 20 minutes to get home, and by then the fire had gone unchecked and was a rager. Mrs H and our boys had gotten home about 10 minutes before I did where they found that our bulldog Pebbles had passed away. They loaded up computers and important documents that we keep in a fire box, I had a quick cry and then loaded Pebbles in my car to take to the vet for cremation. Then we bailed. My son took that pic looking down our street. Later I met them down the hill in a safe zone at a restaurant. About a half hour later, the Santa Ana winds died, and an onshore breeze started. It was a miracle, as it pushed the fire back on itself. We went back home about an hour later, and stayed home for 3 days as the Sheriff’s had locked down the neighborhood. If we left, they wouldn’t have let us back in. Spent those 3 days watching helicopters dip water out of Discovery Lake. Never want to do that again!

[Esteban]

^ Sounds very scary, Hubba. Glad you guys were safe. Sorry about your dog. That picture looks like it could win some kind of an award.