It took about eight matches to light the pit this time as there was somewhat of a breeze and also I was afraid to stand close to it for fear of being blown backwards like in Die Hard, like last time, so I had to throw the matches at it, and they all went out, and we had only put about half the amount of lighter fluid as last time anyway. In the end we lit a twist of newspaper and put it in, and nothing blew up; in fact it started very meekly, as fires go.
Soon it had quite a good blaze going. The smoke is because some of the wood was wet, despite my best efforts. But it dried out very fast.
After forty minutes or so it had burned down to this. It is possible to see some pieces peeking through, but only if you know where they are, as I do, so you may not spot them.
No problem, here they are. Now the pit is still actually on fire at this point, I had to use my fill flash to get a picture that would show up. It's not pretty, but it gets the point across.
Here's a photo taken within seconds of the one above, using no flash. (My flash is extremely powerful, eh?) It's about a 1.6 second exposure, and I couldn't keep my hands steady, so it's blurred, but sort of appealing.
Now to wait till morning and dig them out.
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