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Interior Ditch Rd, Great Dismal Swamp NWR, aftermath of Laterial West Fire

Interior Ditch Rd, Oct 14, 2011

The photograph shows an area of the Lateral West Fire in the Great Dismal Swamp NWR where the fire has burned through acres of Atlantic white cedar restoration project.

Lateral West Fire Aug 2011

A photograph of the sunrising through thick smoke and burned trees at the Lateral West Wildfire on the Great Dismal Swamp NWR>

Surreal Beauty

Sunrise at pumping site as part of flooding effort to drown Lateral West Fire.

Pumping Site at Sunrise

This shows two of the thirty smokes that were found during the flyover of the Lateral West Fire just after Hurricane Irene passed. The smoke near the center of the photo is easily seen while the one at the very top right of the photo could be misidentifi

The day after Irene smoke

Similar to the “Day after Hurricane Irene 1”, this shows more of the fire area including water backing up behind one of the “ditch roads” that occur inside the fire area.

Day after Hurricane Irene 2

This is a helicopter view on the day after Hurricane Irene passed over the Lateral West Fire showing the fire’s edge on the right lower diagonal half closer to the aircraft and includes part of the burned over area to the horizon on the left upper

Day after Hurricane Irene 1

Mop up on Bull North Spot

Midewin Hot Shot mops up

A yellow vehicle on tracks is piled high with coiled firehose. Three firefighters in yellow shirts and red hard hats stand next to the vehicle.

Bombadier with hose ready for the line.

Launch of the weather balloon

Weather balloon launch

 
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