My summer was filled with an eclectic arrangement of jobs
within the lighting community. I had the chance to see a lot of things, meet a
lot of people and learn more than I can possibly say. But of all the interesting
things I witnessed this summer the most surprising lighting effect I saw was
while I was driving to Tustin for Kickboxing. There was a car that was going up
in flames that was sitting off to the side of the road. As the fire department
came rushing in to put out the fire the smoke that was once black turned pure
white. The smoke filled the air for about a mile. All I remember is that the
rays of light that the smoke was causing me to see was so cool that I had to
take a picture as I am sitting in traffic. I love how the smoke caused the rays
of light to become visible to the human eye. The atmosphere/ smoke in this
picture gives more depth to this scene. Even though you do not see the sun in
this picture the atmosphere allows you to distinguish the angle of light and
approximant time of day. -STACIE
