Millard Complex & Sawtooth Complex
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July 14, 2006
Ground surface temperatures as viewed from above at 11.9 micrometers wavelength on 14July 2006, between 6:05 and 7:56 pm PDT.
277 separate digital images from 14 aircraft passes over the eastern San Bernardino mountains area of San Bernardino 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 late evening 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