first day of summer by pocketmouse

first day of summer

A snap from our trip to Melbourne at the start of November - a fitting shot since today heralded the start of summer and didn't disappoint, with top temperatures of 40 degrees C (and I was working outside all day)!

These are giant gas plumes that line the Crown hotel along the Yarra River in Melbourne's CBD. There are about twelve of them along the river and every hour on the hour, they fire up and produce this spectacular display. And when they go off, you can feel the heat wave from hundreds of metres away!
Wow! Very dramatic! Happy summer to you.
December 2nd, 2012  
Summer, sigh... Great photo!
December 2nd, 2012  
It's still quite warm in Texas - we wore shorts today!! This is really cool - I love the reflections :)
December 2nd, 2012  
Great energy saving is going on here! But good for this beaut photo!
December 2nd, 2012  
BLAST! Cool amidst of Flame!
December 2nd, 2012  
Gorgeous! I'm glad we're just getting into the colder months here in California!!!
December 2nd, 2012  
Wow. Everything spray - painted with frost again this morning.
December 2nd, 2012  
Love this!
December 2nd, 2012  
wow! so hot! :D but i like the winter here in germany... ;)
December 2nd, 2012  
@maggiemae lol those were my thoughts exactly!! That and the carbon emissions... xD
December 2nd, 2012  
Awesome display of power and wealth and a great timely capture.
December 2nd, 2012  
It is so hard for me to hear November and thnk "summer" haha! Happy Summer! Those gas jets sound cool!
December 2nd, 2012  
Wow those are some blasts of fire! Summer? freezing here - jealous :)
December 2nd, 2012  
Lil
I love the explosion! And the reflection is spot on!
December 3rd, 2012  
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