FIREX-AQ 2019 Forest Fires

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Scientists on a NASA-flown DC-8 were able to photograph and view this wildfire-produced thunderstorm. Layers of smoke in the atmosphere near the thunderstorm make the sun appear orange. (Photo courtesy of David Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory)
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Photographer: Sam Hall.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Williams Flats Fire 8-8-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.
Castle Fire 8-13-2019. Photographer: Rebecca Hornbrook.