Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Sunset over Astoria
In my last post I shared with you an unexpected moonrise over Long Beach – in fact I posted it while still on the road. Sometimes pictures burn a hole in my pocket and demand to be shared sooner than later. 😉
The next night there was an amazing sunset in Astoria, the historic town across the Columbia River in Oregon.
By then we’d heard about the wildfires in eastern Washington, and the wind finally brought the smoke to the coast.
It was otherworldly.
I’m home now, looking out my office window. The sky is dark – pink, orange and red, with terrible beauty due to terrible wildfires.
Hoping the rain comes soon to extinguish the fires and clear the air.
~ Susanne
Cats and Trails and Garden Tales 
Susanne, you have a great eye for seeing beautiful photos. Beautiful! ☺️
Thank you so much! I was thrilled to see that sunset! 🤩
I see why, and the pilings appear to be held up by nothing. Wonderful! You guys should frame them up. ☺️
Maybe I will! I always forget about printing now since everything is digital!
A dramatic sunset indeed. I read about the Bolt Creek fire today. Just sounds awful and not good for your air quality.
The sunset was unreal! We almost escaped the wildfires this year then 2 fires happened. Hopefully better by tomorrow.
Beautiful photos.
Thank you!
How wonderful. My sister is actually camping and visiting friends in Oregon. Last week she was in the Astoria area. Beautiful photos.
Thanks for your comment! It’s a great place to visit.
You’re welcome. Oregan is on my Dream List. After seeing pictures, I’d love to go there!
WOW! I can see why those striking photos burned a hole in your pocket.
Thanks, Don. It was an amazing scene!
These photos are almost haunting, especially when you consider what created that effect!
I felt like I was looking at some mysterious planet. The color was indescribable!
I see just what you mean – it could be the setting for a Star Trek episode or SF film!
Great photos of one of my favorite places. So sad to see the smoke though. 😀
Thank you! It was such an otherworldly scene! Smoke got increasingly bad the next day as we returned home. Should be better soon.
We are better today. So hopefully Astoria is getting there too.
Here in Colorado, we often get lovely sunsets due to the wretched smoke. However, we don’t have anything near to your bridge. Excellent photos!
Thanks so much! It was quite an interesting scene, and truly looked otherworldly!
That came through!
Wow. Beautiful but for the cause of the red sun. Been through fire smoke down here in southern Colorado, but thankfully not Since the fires in New Mexico earlier this summer. Not fun and not good for the lungs.
We thought we escaped this year but had two recent fires in eastern Washington. It made for a few days of brilliant sunsets, but fortunately the skies here have cleared.