A motoring magazine which I get sent because I have breakdown cover with them had a satellite photo of Britain on the cover this issue. I noticed something strange, so enlarged it to this.
They seem to have captured a very large fire - probably on a moor - on the Western tip of Cornwall. That plume of smoke drifting over the Atlantic must be 60 miles long.
The centre of the fire appears red. I would not have thought that it would show up like that from space. Maybe the camera had infra-red too.
Hey Willy - do us a favour and Google up 'fires in Cornwall'. Maybe we can put a date to it.
Loads of links re fires..In Cornwwall..
ReplyDeleteBut! I think this may be the one..from
16th April 2019..!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-47973265
This link is for fires in and around Cornwall...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c207p54m0xdt/cornwall-fire-and-rescue-service
This link is to a Christmas Carol..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEo2aVWl_XA
Well done Willie. Is that your family singing the carol?
DeleteI've just Googled a map of Cornwall and see that Bodmin Moor is much further East to this smoke. The satellite photo shows the fire to be in the West Penwith area, but there is moorland around there too, and there were quite a few fires.
DeleteI was surprised at the amount of fires
Deletein Cornwall...! Some bad ones to..!
But then there's a vast amount of open
land and moors..! :(.
Yes! That's my family singing..it's a
traditional song, sung on Christmas Eve,
which is also the day before wash day! :o).
We three kings of orient are..
One in a taxi, one in a car, one on a scooter,
blowing his hooter...HeHe! You know the rest..!
I haven't heard that version for years.
DeleteDad was in the RAF...we learned plenty of alternative versions like these....but not the full RAf Version!!
DeleteMy dad was RAF too, but I don;t recall any of them.
DeleteI think you fib about your family, Willie.
DeleteMorning! Morning! :)
DeleteYes! I did...Not my family..there
not even armend...!
Only with musical instruments..! :).
Oh how awful. :-(
ReplyDeleteOn a slightly different tack about natural disasters, has anyone heard any more about Dr. Mike Yeadon who was featured in comments on 10 October or thereabouts. He was assuring everyone that the pandemic was almost over then, and indeed about to burn itself out, so vaccines would be unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteDon't you hate bad advice in good news from 'experts'? Especially when it is bound to make things worse. He ought to be hiding in shame.
DeleteProbably got Covid.
DeletePossibly.
DeleteThey quite often deliberately burn the heather round here. Fortunately it rarely gets out of control. I once cycled very close to a burning moor. It was incredible how hot and fierce it was, close up. I was afraid my tyres might melt!
ReplyDeleteAre they still allowed to burn?
DeleteYes - they do it at certain times of year. People look at the moors and think they look "natural" when in fact they're heavily managed. Anything that might predate on grouse is ruthlessly purged and small areas of heather regularly burnt. If you look at a grouse moor on Google Maps you can see the extensive man-made patchworks of burning areas better than you can see them on the ground. It's done on a huge, industrial scale.
DeleteI always fear and feel for the wildlife with wild fires (and floods). The poor animals have so much against them that to burn them alive as they run for cover seems too much.
ReplyDeleteYes, but harvests used to be the same. Crop in ever decreasing circles then jump on the hares trapped in the middle. It was a Summer sport. Enticing larks down with mechanical mirror traps was another one.
DeleteWhy were larks captured, or worse?
Delete'Ever Decreasing Circles'...
DeleteI used to love that..Richard Briers..
Made in 1984..BBC1..
It was a bit silly..but, l liked it..! :).
Oh! I forgot to say...
DeleteLarks..As food..
They can be used in a number of dishes..
they can be stewed, broiled, or used as
filling in a meat pie...
Lark meat is rare and hard to come by,
though it can still be found in restaurants
in Italy/Sicily..
And..I can tell you there wholesome, delicate,
and a very light game bird..!
If anyone is interested in a recipe..let me know!
I employ Willie to answer my comments now, because I am too tired to do it myself anymore.
DeleteHeHe! Yes! My agent is in the process
Deleteof drawing up the contract...! :o).
I think the local burning of heather sometimes catches wildlife but of course is done on private land for the benfit of the shooting community. Need I say more.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that shooters are always to blame, but I am sure that any activity which benefits a ruthless landowner will always be encouraged by them.
DeleteI read the heading as something else.
ReplyDeleteI said you Willie, not your willy. Redundancy etc.
DeleteTom ,sorry your follower link to my blog is not working .Have changed title back to old one and not just "landscape " maybe this will sort it ?
ReplyDeleteIf not I s'pose it wont hurt to be "seductive " again for a while ..
Ah, so you were seductive.
DeleteWhat's in a name to a reading list? Not much. Seduce or not, you're still there.
DeleteMe again - the feed burner seems to be working again .It got confused when I was not "seductive ".I just got the saxophonist to subscribe and its ok .If you want to re subscribe again - or it might be working for you again .I am boring my self with this now so will go off and seduce the saxophonist - this has more to do with fishnets than blogs .More info than is useful I suspect ....
ReplyDeleteGiven the choice between a feed-burner and a saxophonist, I know which I would choose.
DeleteIs this was a planned burn or a fire out-of-control? Fire can cause much damage. No doubt the Seductive Landscape is having a right good day. TS is resubscribed. All is good.
ReplyDeleteIt looks too big to be a controlled burn - too out of control. I used to have my reading list down the side of my posts, but it got in the way so it lives downstairs now. I don't want people to think I only read myself.
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