Stills - Under (Timber) Burning

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Chipping felled timber prior to burning at Bear Valley NWR Area post slashbusting prior to burning at Bear Valley NWR Slashbusting at Bear Valley NWR Small flames burn in thick vegetation.
A ponderosa pine torches during a burn. A firefighter drags fire with a drip torch through a slashbuster unit. Fire burns intensely, consuming ground fuels. AFMO watches as fire burns.
A fire backs very slowly through ground fuels. A downed log burns. Mark applies fire with a drip torch. Piles burn in the snow.
Multiple piles burning at Bear Valley NWR. Bear Valley NWR slashbFire burns beneath a larger tree. The tree was limbed to keep fire out of its crown so as not to kill it. Fire burns at the base of a large tree. A blackened area around a living tree.
Fire works its way up a tree trunk. Fire burns beneath a tree at Bear Valley NWR. Fire dances across low lying ground fuel. Smoke rises.
This picture is awesome. Using a slow shutter speed, fire is captured as it rolls over a large pile of downed branches. Intense radiant heat rises from an area burning. Smoke wofts through the burn unit. Fire consumes all dead ground fuels.
A monster ponderosa pine is safe after fire burns past.

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Page updated: October 05, 2007.