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By Standley White, About.com Guide to Reno / Tahoe

Wordless Wednesday

Wednesday July 1, 2009
Firefighting air tanker dropping retardant.
Aerial firefighting...
Photo © Stan White

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    July 1, 2009 at 1:22 am
    (1) Red Lotus Mama says:

    What a cool looking photo!

    I am all patriotic this week: http://tinyurl.com/m8mkfn

    July 1, 2009 at 1:44 am
    (2) Sukhmandir Kaur says:

    I came with in inches of having one of those unload a me a couple years back. Sorry to see the fires have begun already this season!

    July 1, 2009 at 3:54 am
    (3) Robin from Israel says:

    Gorgeous shot. I love the color of the smoke? Foam? Water?

    I hope it was part of an airshow, and doesn’t mean that the earth below it is burning.

    July 1, 2009 at 7:48 am
    (4) Carleen says:

    We had just enough rain down south to cover the hills in greenery that has now become fuel for this fire season. I am not looking forward to September at all!

    Thanks for sharing. Happy WW to ya!

    July 1, 2009 at 8:46 am
    (5) Susan Adcox says:

    Stunning shot! I want to know the story behind it. Where were you when you took it and is it a demonstration or the real thing?

    July 1, 2009 at 10:47 am
    (6) Sara Bonds says:

    Wow. What a cool photo. I have never seen a plane with colored smoke.

    July 1, 2009 at 11:42 am
    (7) Marcia "HDMac" says:

    Whoa!!!!!!!!

    July 1, 2009 at 11:46 am
    (8) Stan says:

    The “smoke” is a slurry of water and fire retardant. It’s red so firefighters can see where it hit after the drop. The photo was taken during a demonstration put on by the Nevada BLM for the media, north of the air tanker base at Stead Field near Reno. During a real wildfire, getting this close would not be possible.

    July 1, 2009 at 2:44 pm
    (9) amanda says:

    that is very cool, what a great capture!

    http://www.moorebloglife.com/2009/07/01/watery-wednesdaylake-gregory/

    July 1, 2009 at 5:04 pm
    (10) Beth F says:

    Awesome! That’s a fantastic shot.

    July 1, 2009 at 5:56 pm
    (11) TWO BARKING DOGS says:

    Great photo, thanks for sharing!

    July 1, 2009 at 8:20 pm
    (12) Pamela Kramer says:

    Very cool shot! Happy WW and thanks for stopping by this week.

    July 2, 2009 at 3:56 am
    (13) Angela says:

    That’s a great picture!

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