I flew a reporter down by the Patch Springs Fire this afternoon and got this shot out the window: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/patchsprings20130814.jpg Driving home from the SLAS board meeting tonight I could see from the east side of the Tooele Valley that the fire has now crested the summit. The plume is right over Stansbury and the ground is covered with ash. The Moon is a dark orange color. Tried to get pictures but found my local horizons too low for my observatory. During the few minutes I had the roof slid back the interior of my observatory got a coating of ash. patrick On 14 Aug 2013, at 11:16, Joe Bauman wrote:
Patrick was right: last night's observing at Lakeside was grand. Thank you, Patrick! The smoke was blowing to the north and east, sparing Lakeside as it is west of Skull Valley. I found more haze in SLC this morning than at Lakeside last night. -- Joe
________________________________ From: Robert Taylor <ratskradmt@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Patch Springs fire (also Persieds)
Clear skies in Heber but ashes are falling. First time it has been clear in weeks and it's not really clear. Was in Minden NV and Sacramento CA the past four days and not a cloud to be seen the whole time.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Nancy Matro <nancy.matro@gmail.com> wrote:
Very smoky in Park City from the fire near Rockport.
Nancy
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