This time of year in Borneo means dry season. With the dry season also comes smoke. Due to massive forest clearing and naturally occurring peat moss, smoke is a reality here. At times, the forward visibility is reduced to zero, while downward visibility is still okay. Recently, Isaac and I had a flight request to the same destination. We joined up in formation and he shot these pics of me. The picture above shows the unique look of flying through white smoke...we compare it to milk.
However, if you look down, it almost looks normal, and you can sometimes differentiate between the clouds and the smoke, which often look VERY similar. Unfortunately, the smoke has become so bad lately, that I have suspended ALL of our flying until consistent rains begin; snuffing out the fires and raising our rivers to safer levels.
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