Thursday, December 14, 2006

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Bushfires Cast A Pall Over Melbourne


Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON

This photograph, taken early today, shows the sun rising above the trees that fringe the Melbourne boatsheds on the Yarra River. There was still a fair amount of early haze from the bushfires, but it was a much clearer day than yesterday, when a quiet, all-enveloping shroud covered the city. Today's edition of the Herald Sun has photographs of people using masks to combat the smoke. There was also a vast difference between yesterday's sunrise and today's - yesterday, the sun glowed ominously, like an orange-red fireball.

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