{"id":1177,"date":"2010-06-20T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:34:17","slug":"19-20-june-2010-flagstaff-arizona-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/ceruleanarc\/2010\/06\/20\/19-20-june-2010-flagstaff-arizona-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"19\/20 June 2010 | Flagstaff, Arizona | Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a busy weekend for the hotshots around Flagstaff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schultz Fire – June 20, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one gave me a fright when I opened the kitchen window on the north side of our house this afternoon. For a couple seconds I thought that our summer monsoon had gotten a very unexpected start, but then I noticed the yellow and brown coloration and gasped at how close and large it was. The updraft was strong enough that it was pushing up a hedge of white pyrocumulus along the roiling top of the smoke column. Rather than clog up Highway 89 any further, we headed east along old Rt. 66 to get a vantage point near the Walnut Canyon overpass. We pulled of the road and watched the slurry bombers and helicopters drifted across the angry wall of smoke. I spent a few minutes shooting a time lapse of the breathing cloud of blue and brown smoke. Be sure to click the images for larger versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Schultz Fire erupts behind our house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Schultz Fire Panorama from Rt. 66.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Close view of the base of the Schultz Fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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