Please vote for up to three of your favorite images from the "Heat" assignment for the "People's Choice" award. You can select one, two, or three separate images to vote on. To vote for your favorite images, please select the check boxes associated with those images in the poll attached at the top of this thread, and click "submit vote." If you change your mind after your initial vote, you can select the "remove vote" option and resubmit your vote.
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The
guidelines for this assignment were simply to compose an image that conveys the concept of HEAT. In addition, I challenged Marilyn (and others) to try to capture the "heat waves" or atmospheric distortion that often happens with extremely hot ground surface temperatures.

What more do I have to do?

Won’t find me panting by an empty bowl!

After the Fire

Smoldering Ruins

sand dunes1

sand dunes 2

Keeping cool in the heat

Evaporatinvg Pond

coals

Flame

July 4th Fireworks

Starfire Flower

Hot as the sun?

Don't play with fire kid!

More Fireworks

FW1

FW2

Fiery Searcher Beetle

Hungry?

Hot Summer Morning

Nightshow at the ranch

sparkle

snap crackle pop

Vehicular heat distortions

SUV wheels take the heat

Desert Thunderstorm

Grilled bacon

More Fireworks 2

More Fireworks 3

More Fireworks 4