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Old 16-07-2020, 09:27 AM
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Soft rains

The reason for the cryptic title will become apparent when you read the associated text on the linked page below.

I was rather chuffed to receive an email from Royal Greenwich Observatory that the "non-oil-painted" version of this image
is shortlisted at this year's Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the year awards. I like this one better.

The false colour palette choice was not arbitrary.

Colours of the actual fires were sampled from press images of the devastating fires that destroyed vast swathes of the Australian landscape were used.

While the media now bangs on about COVID19, it has unfortunately taken
the issue of climate change off the evening news-feed (not that it ever was really mentioned). Hopefully next summer will be kinder to our countryside and RFS and CFS volunteers.

The link is here
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