On Tuesday I drove southeastward to get a view of the east facing slopes of the Manzano mountains where the Trigo wildfire continues to burn. With my telephoto lens zoomed in all the way to 300mm, the image above shows a helicopter preparing to drop fire retardant. As of this writing, the fire is still believed to only be about 40% contained, and it has left a burn scar approaching the 5,000 acre mark.
Winds were quite calm on Tuesday, but breezes unfortunately resumed today (Wednesday). Last night the winds actually took on a light southeasterly component and carried a potent and eerie stench of smoke into Albuquerque.
Fortunately the area near the fire is sparsely populated, and hopefully progress in the fire fighting effort will continue over the next couple of days. Click on any of the images or click here to see all the photos I took Tuesday afternoon.
