These are quite usual at this time of the year. Farmers use burning to get the soil back to square one and have to get permission and choose the right time. Wind direction and speed, as you can imagine is very important.
Its really quite dramatic seeing the smoke from miles away and then getting closer and closer! Taken from our car.
Gena, above, is the one who coined the "windshield photography" word for shots taken from the car. This is a good one Well done. Really and interesting landscape photo.
We have out-of-control fires raging in the Western Cape at the moment - so it's quite scary to see something like this. Hopefully they manage to keep them under control.