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Photos that don't really fit any other category.
This page includes two older presentations: "Blood and Fire" (1999) and "Balloons" (2001). Apologies in advance fo slow load times.
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Balloons (2001)
Too bad the Montgolfier brothers didn't stick around to see how their inflated bloomers have evolved.
Many thanks to Fred Bookwalter and the
rest of the Sky Gypsy crew for letting me hang out, giving
me a free ride, and being trusting enough to let his son drive around with
some guy with a bunch of cameras chasing balloons.
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Blood and Fire
In November 1999, three fires swept through the Blood Mountain Wilderness in the Chatahoochee National Forest. Fire crews from across the nation were flown in to fight the blaze. All told, over 7,000 acres of forest were damaged by the fires, which authorities suspect were caused by arson.
Fire crews used the Appalachian Trail as a firebreak and set controlled fires on one side of the trail. These smaller fires helped eliminate fuel by burning only the ground cover and leaving bushes and trees intact.
In other areas, controlled fires were lit on both sides of the AT, leaving only the trail itself untouched.
During the height of the blaze, Forest Service firefighters from around the country were called in to combat the fires. These firefighers, the "Navajo Scouts," remained to complete the cleanup operations.
A few sections of the forest around Blood Mountain were scorched down to the earth.
120-foot flames scorched the back of Blood Mountain, leaving a desolate landscape.
One of the Navajo Scouts.
These photographs © 1998 - 2006 Christian L. Deichert. All rights reserved.