Well, I wasn’t going to post this photo until I found out who took it. But, so far I have been unable to track down the photographer, and it has been sent to me by multiple people. So here it is:

Organ mountain Fire

I do not know who took this picture, but from the exif data on the photo I know it was taken around 1:00 AM on June 15 with a Nikon D3. It appears to have been taken from the east side of A Mountain and is looking East at the Organs. The lefty edge of the fire is the Dripping Springs Natural Area, and the right edge is Soledad Canyon. Our house is somewhere near the bottom right edge of the photo. This was obviously a time exposure because of the star trails in the sky. Also, the full moon was on the 18th, so the moon was pretty bright Sunday morning. You’ve got to admit it is a dramatic picture.