Wildland fire in the Tanana Valley south of Fairbanks, Alaska, is fueled by high winds. Canon 5D Mark III, 500mm f/4L IS II, 1/6 sec @ f/4, ISO 400
Within 24 hours this weekend, 80% of the leaves were stripped from the trees in the vicinity of my house in Fairbanks. Powerful winds swept across Alaska’s interior advancing the look of winter on the landscape considerably. These winds also offered oxygen to a wildfire burning south of Fairbanks in the Tanana Valley. It was leaping in orange flames this morning on the pre dawn horizon.
