SuperiorDG
06-21-2012, 08:02
Pyrocumulus Cloud Over the Colorado Rockies (http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/06/pyrocumulus-cloud-over-the-rockies.html)
June 21, 2012
http://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b017615a64111970c-750wi (http://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b017615a64111970c-pi)
Photographer: Richard H. Hahn (hahn23@gmail.com)
Summary Author: Richard H. Hahn (hahn23@gmail.com); Jim Foster (james.l.foster@nasa.gov)
The photo above shows a conspicuous pyrocumulus cloud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrocumulus_cloud) enveloping the Colorado Rocky Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains), about 25 mi (40 km) to the north/northeast of Estes Park, Colorado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estes_Park,_Colorado). It developed during the immense High Park fire (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2904/), one of the biggest wildfires in the history of Colorado, which began in mid June of 2012. Intense heat from the fire generated powerful updrafts (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/svr/comp/up/home.rxml) that helped form this pyrocumulus cloud. The High Park Fire was evidently sparked by a lightning strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike) and fueled by desiccated vegetation and beetle-damaged (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05528.html) conifer trees. Photo taken on June 17, 2012 at 5:49 p.m.
Photo details: Camera Maker: Canon; Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS; Focal Length: 96.0mm; Aperture: f/8.0; Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160); ISO equiv: 100; Exposure Bias: none; Metering Mode: Matrix; Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto); White Balance: Auto; Flash Fired: No; Orientation: Normal; Color Space: sRGB; Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Macintosh.
June 21, 2012
http://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b017615a64111970c-750wi (http://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b017615a64111970c-pi)
Photographer: Richard H. Hahn (hahn23@gmail.com)
Summary Author: Richard H. Hahn (hahn23@gmail.com); Jim Foster (james.l.foster@nasa.gov)
The photo above shows a conspicuous pyrocumulus cloud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrocumulus_cloud) enveloping the Colorado Rocky Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains), about 25 mi (40 km) to the north/northeast of Estes Park, Colorado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estes_Park,_Colorado). It developed during the immense High Park fire (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2904/), one of the biggest wildfires in the history of Colorado, which began in mid June of 2012. Intense heat from the fire generated powerful updrafts (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/svr/comp/up/home.rxml) that helped form this pyrocumulus cloud. The High Park Fire was evidently sparked by a lightning strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike) and fueled by desiccated vegetation and beetle-damaged (http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05528.html) conifer trees. Photo taken on June 17, 2012 at 5:49 p.m.
Photo details: Camera Maker: Canon; Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS; Focal Length: 96.0mm; Aperture: f/8.0; Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160); ISO equiv: 100; Exposure Bias: none; Metering Mode: Matrix; Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto); White Balance: Auto; Flash Fired: No; Orientation: Normal; Color Space: sRGB; Software: Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Macintosh.