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Crowning Flames ...... the Eagle Creek Fire #2349

Massive Forest Fire in the Columbia River Gorge, just east of Portland, Oregon. I shot this around 1 am and 2 miles away in Washington state; with a 600mm lens. The Plume of Fire is about 250 tall from the Crowning Flames implosion.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Cascade Locks, Oregon, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Copyright: © Stephen Datnoff