Ring of Fire

It has been a while since I have posted anything. The pictures in this post were taken on July 7th. It was a dry Winter and Spring. So there were quite a few wildfires in Colorado during the early part of the Summer. The Quarry Fire was a small fire below Fremont Peak and the East Ridge Campground at Royal Gorge. It only got to about 8.5 acres. It was contained by the next morning. The cause of the fire was lightning. Here are some pictures of the fire that were taken in the evening from Skyline Drive area in Cañon City.

Quarry Fire - Fremont Peak on the left.

The Hogback above the Dinosaur Tracks and Skyline Drive

Smoky

Firefighting plane

Plane over the fire.

Plane dropping fire retardant

Fire retardant still in the air

Smoke over Cañon City

Helicopter dropping water

Staging area for the firefighters on the ground.

Helicopter dropping more water

Flames

The helicopter after its last drop

I was praying that it had already dropped all of its water.

Helicopter heading home

Helicopter heading east. Possibly to Fort Carson.  Just a guess

Flames becoming more visible has it gets darker and the smoke lightens up

Zoom photo of the fire

My seat for watching the fire.