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- Water Slinging 1 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 2 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 3 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 4 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 5 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 6 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 7 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 8 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 9 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 10 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 11 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 12 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 13 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 14 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 15 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 16 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Wilson Prairie Fire – Onlookers, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 17 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 18 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 19 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 20 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 21 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 22 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 23 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 24 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 25 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Water Slinging 26 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 1 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 2 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 3 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 4 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 5 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 6 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 1 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 2 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 3 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 4 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 5 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 6 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 7 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 7 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 8 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Support 9 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Tanker Lead Plane 8 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 1 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 2 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 3 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 4 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 5 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 6 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 7 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 8 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 9 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 10 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 11 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 12 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 13 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 14 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 15 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 16 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 17 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 18 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 19 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
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- Air Tanker Water Bombing 20 – Wilson Prairie Fire, La Crete, Alberta
Good day, all:
Currently, our forest region has 27 fires burning – fourteen are out of control, four are being held and nine are under control. Our temperatures have been hot this week reaching +30C and higher in our corner of Northwestern Alberta. At least two smaller communities have been evacuated, threatened by fire and smoke. One fire has a 15000 hectare involvement. The photos presented are of recent water bombing and water slinging operations in the La Crete area – the state of emergency, there, has been lifted at noon today.
Listening to – Shawn Colvin’s All Fall Down and Walter Trout’s Turn Off Your TV.
Quote to Inspire – “When I shoot a scene I often shoot a hundred frames sometimes over a few hours or days, before I begin to get a real handle on what I want in the frame and how I want it there.” – David duChemin
July 18, 2012 at 2:27 PM
You have some truly fabulous photos here. It seems a lot of places are having forest fires this year.
July 18, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Thank you for your kind words and for looking in, Maralee. I agree … there does seem to be more in the way of Forest Fires, this year, and portions of North America are reporting drought. For us, today, in northwestern Alberta we have plenty of rain, the first we’ve had in a long spell. It should go a long way in terms of settling down fires in our region. 🙂