Border #50 Fire
Untitled Document
October 5, 2005
Eighteen separate digital images from a single aircraft pass along the US-Mexico border region of southern San Diego county 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 early afternoon image, the cooler unburned vegetation and the still-warm ash layer are gray to tan, the hotspots are red, and areas of flaming combustion are orange.
External link to thermal fire imaging information:
FireImaging.com