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Bo Zarts

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Silhouettes in Yellow & Blue - Wilderness Fire Lookout Tower



Idaho Panhandle National Forests
August 2023
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Moonrise at Dawn with a Couple of Perseid Meteors



Panhandle National Forests, Idaho
August 17, 2023
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Dawn Fog on the Peak as Fire Season Comes to an End



Panhandle National Forests, Idaho
September 1, 2023
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The Fire Lookout Life: Starry Nights



Idaho Panhandle - August 2023
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White Birch (Betula papyrifera) of Waterton National Park



Alberta, Canada
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Bald Cypress of the Atchafalaya River Basin - Louisiana



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Dawn in the Bitterroot Range



Idaho Panhandle - August 2023
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(Fujifilm GFX-100S + TTArtisan 11mm wide-angle lens)

Night of the Perseids (August 13, 2023)



Idaho Panhandle Wilderness Fire Lookout
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The Fire Lookout Life: Nighttime in a Glass Hut on Middle Sister Peak - Idaho



The fire seasons over, and I am safely back home after a 2900+ mile drive from the Pacific Northwest to my home on the east coast. After the initial problems on Independence Day weekend, I had no more incidents. Measures were put in place, and it was made obvious to the public using the National Forest that the lookout was a US Government facility and was protected as such.

I now think that I was over-cautious in not identifying my forest location here on DU. I was in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests.

In fact, I found the people of the Idaho panhandle to be some of the best I have had the chance to be around in my years of doing fire watch. There was never any discussion of politics, religion, and after that July 4 incident, no firearms (on open display). Even crazy Coeur d'Alene was a very wonderful place.

But the heavy rains of August brought my fire season to an end. I plan to be back in the same lookout tower next year.

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Sunrise: Wilderness Fire Lookout Tower (8/28/2023)





Maybe the last sunscape/moonscape for a few days. Tomorrow brings heavy rains and a chance of snow at the higher elevations in my area of the Pacific Northwest. My fire season ends next Tuesday, September 5. It is a fire management decision that I agree with 100%.

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