Smoky Sunset With Saguaro: Saguaro National Park (West)

Those fires are an amazing detriment to the environment.  The helplessness of man in the face of such destriction is sad.  Thank goodness nature will heal itself over the years.

WOW Mike! Those pictures are AMAZING! We've had our share of fires in the Houston area too because of the drought - thank God we are in for some rain this week!!

Awesome photos.  My nephew and his family live in SV.  I wonder if they will have to leave??

Mike that first picture is amazing.  You should have that framed and put up on a wall.

I noticed a change in the sunset the other night with the fires going on up North. Amazing

Mike,

So beautifully surrealistic.

So hard to breath!

Cough, cough.

Bill

Mike, those photos are so awesome.  The circumstances allowing for those great photos is a shame.  The news just reported another 200 homes in Sierra Vista had to be evacuated.  I hope they're all safe and their homes are okay. 

Great shots - too bad about the fires.  I hope they are under control soon.

Great shots Mike.

What may I ask is on top of that cactus in photo 1? Looks like a birds nest of some sort.

Enjoy the day

We had dinner in the foothills and when we arrived, the smoke was settled in the Tucson valley like a low laying cloud.  When we left, even all of Oro Valley was in the smokey fog.  It must be unbelievably thick at the source.  My heart goes out to residents, business, animals, and everyone working at the fire sites around Arizona.  Especially in this heat.  Those monsoons could come NOW and no one would complain!  BTW - love the photo

Wow, that first picture was/is a really cool one.  Great shot!

Mike

There has been a little smoke in Arizona recently, but it will soon end.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Mike - more great desert shots that make me wonder if you are in the wrong line of business. I don't know of anyone who takes better shots of the desert than you.

Nice pics, as always. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Monsoon not scheduled to start here until July 4 -- they come a little later. But we had some nice, light, steady rain on Sunday, so I expect that means you are getting drenched!

No, they didn't have to leave.  Did get put on notice a couple of times, but so far didn't have to go.  

You always WOW ME with your pictures, we are still searching for the solution. Please call me Monday when you get a chance.

Your Brother in Christ Jesus,

John from Benson

Mike, I especially like the top photo "Smokey Sunset with Saquaro" because it has bright colors yet it has a softer feeling.