The texas drought/fires

[rdking647]

went on a little drive out to where one of the wildfires burnt about week ago. it was the pedernales/spicewood fire that burnt 6500 acres and destroyed 60+ houses. Its about 15 miles from my house in austin. I shot in both infrared and regular

This is the pedernales river.. right now its dried up. You can see the docks in the dry riverbed. You can also see where the fire burnt into what is normally the riverbed.


next is looking into what is/was a heavily wooded piece of land


and old oak now burnt



now the fire in infrared

[handmade34]

1. thanks for the photos

haunting is the first word that came to mind... appropriate for the devastation caused

[rdking647]

2. this wasnt even the worst fire

the one in bastrop,about 30 miles east of me has wiped out over 1500 homes. the fire was moving at 20-30 miles an hour so most people only had minutes to get out. thankfully only 2 people were killed but the toll on animals was a lot worse :-(
It was a holiday weekend so many people were out and couldnt get in to save their pets.

[Celebration]

3. what a shame

It is a beautiful part of the country. Thanks for sharing your photos here.

[CC]

4. Wish I could of sent some of if not most of

our water your way. I notice the IR even make the burn out areas look pretty. It has been a hard summer for so many.

[ManiacJoe]

5. Love that first IR shot!