Pioneer ridge. 35°c, late afternoon.

UPDATE 6:45am EST:
45 minutes STEADY RAIN, INCLUDING 30mins PURPLE BAND RAIN. 11mm total.
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The Rain also went straight across the local remote wildfire.
(Same shallow valley as pictured above)
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Before you, below this ridge, across to the far ridge: (from this rare patch of ancient fields and agriculture) vast swaths of Crown held lands, lakes and no roads.