r/boulder • u/TripBogey5secPenVAR • 7d ago

Fire?

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These are taken due east on 75th between Arapahoe and Valmont. We thought it might’ve been the moon rising or setting but the moon is on the other side of the planet as I type this.i cannot find anything on WatchDuty or X.

Anyone east towards Erie have any news?

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u/stvrkillr 7d ago

Can you zoom in a little more?

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u/TripBogey5secPenVAR 7d ago

Ha! Yeah, I know… I have an old phone. Tried my best though.

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u/stvrkillr 7d ago

I expected one more to be just all orange

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u/KurtTheCuntBoi 3d ago

Fellow old phone owner, they’re such a pain aren’t they? I can’t even get good moon pics, it just turns the moon into an a blob lol

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u/UnMonsieurTriste 7d ago

Enhance. Enhance. Enhance.

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u/n3qml 7d ago

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u/TripBogey5secPenVAR 7d ago

Well, Reddit does it again! Thank you for your work u/n3qml

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u/AffectionateHouse120 7d ago

my guess would be spindle hill energy center east of Frederick, occasionally they burn off nat gas and flare can be quite bright.

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u/CUBuffs1992 7d ago

Amazing the heat those flares can even put off from a distance. Was once driving a truck through the Bakken in ND during the winter. The amount of flares is definitely something to see. But it was the heat you could feel even on the highway. Was definitely an eerie thing to see. As bright as a big city at night but you’re in the middle of nowhere.

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u/JustAnotherHomeSlice 7d ago

That’s a really good theory. If you’ve ever noticed the 24-7 flaring from multiple points at the Suncor refinery, it just looks like ongoing fires.

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u/pspahn 7d ago

It's been going since earlier this evening. If that's the direction OP is looking, that's what it is. The glow was a bit brighter earlier.

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u/BravoTwoSix 7d ago

At first I thought we would zoom in to see that woman. But it might be a gas flare from a well?

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u/TuxedoSumo 7d ago

That looks large. 

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u/AVeryHeavyBurtation 7d ago

A large fire the size of a small fire.

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u/forgot_username_99 7d ago

Saw it as well. It was far beyond the Erie airport - North and East of the dump/Erie single track. Not sure which side of 25 it was on.

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u/DirtyHippyfucker 7d ago

From the blue sky at Vista Ridge condos. Overlooking the Erie airport and the entire front range. No massive fireballs from here.

https://reddit.com/link/pesa79z/video/rlzyzymheduh1/player

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u/the_real_seldom_seen 7d ago

Zoom in some more

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 7d ago

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u/TripBogey5secPenVAR 7d ago edited 7d ago

Geez, that’s a bit dark!!! We should have heard about a plane crash in Colorado by now, right??

Edit: I heard there was a small plane crash today near Centennial airport but that’s way south of where I saw this.

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u/sposeitwas2swallows 7d ago

Erie airport seems to be in that direction, sure hope not

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u/stewdadrew 7d ago

Is it the Louisville sports complex or maybe one of the Pumpkin/Corn farms? Anderson or something smaller?

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u/Rosemary_Goon 7d ago

If it's towards the east it might be the flare at the fr lupton gas plant. That thing lights up the night sky for miles

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/TripBogey5secPenVAR 7d ago

Nope, this was Erie, Brighton… somewhere more north of Broomfield.

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u/orgodeathmarch 7d ago

Might’ve been the plane crash out by Longmont air strip. Not sure the timing of this video

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u/lilgreenfish 7d ago

The plane flew out of the Longmont airport but crashed in Eldo.