Skukuza, South Africa.

Wildfires, manmade and natural, are common in all natural environments. On the fourth day of our safari, we transited from Satara Camp to Skukuza Camp. Our road led us through a fire area, where we got “up close and personal” with the acrid smoke and eye irritation. I will tell a more complete story of that journey in a future post, but that night, safely in our camp, we saw the fire’s glow as it burned near the Skukuza airport, some three miles (4.5 km) away. The next day, as we traveled on our early morning safari, we didn’t notice any hot spots, mostly smoldering, burned-out terrain.

About the photo: I captured this image with my Samsung S23U from the deck on our compound at the Skukuza Rest Camp. The night was dark, and it pushed the cellphone camera’s night mode to ISO 2500 at f/2.4 and 1/8 second exposure. That lighted area on the right is a bridge with train cars converted to a hotel, one of Skukuza’s luxury accommodations. Click on the image above to view it in 2K HD on my Flickr site.

I encourage fellow bloggers to create their own Cellpic Sunday posts. I never have a specific topic for this feature, and the only rules are that the photo must be captured with a cell phone, iPad, or another mobile device… If you have an image from a drone or even a dashcam, that’s also acceptable. The second rule is to link your challenge response to this post or leave a comment here with a link to your post in the comment. Oh, you don’t have to post it on a Sunday.

John Steiner