Bridge Fire
Untitled Document
September 6, 2003
Over 75 separate digital images from 3 aircraft passes over the City Creek watershed in the western San Bernardino mountains were stitched together on a computer to produce this false-color mosaic. The thermal infra-red sensor used to collect this data records the amount of energy radiated from the surface, producing a temperature map of the bare ground, vegetation, and ash layers. In this late afternoon image, the cooler unburned vegetation is shown in tones of dark green to gray, the still-warm ash layer is gray to tan, and the scattered hotspots are red.
External link to Bridge Fire information:
IncidentControl.com
External link to thermal fire imaging information:
FireImaging.com