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Flames burn orange through green conifers and golden aspen on the slopes of\u00a0Monroe Mountain\u00a0in Utah\u2019s Fishlake National Forest, sending gray and brown smoke billowing into the sky in this image from Oct. 9, 2023.<\/p>\n
This fire was intentionally set with a\u00a0fire-dripping device\u00a0suspended from a helicopter. The burn aimed to reintroduce fire to the Monroe Mountain region. Fire promotes aspen regeneration and reduces accumulated brush and dead vegetation that could fuel a larger uncontrolled fire.<\/p>\n
Scientists from NASA\u2019s FireSense project, along with dozens of others from the Forest Service and other organizations and universities, collected data from the ground and from the sky as part of\u00a0the Forest Service\u2019s Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment. Observing a prescribed high-intensity fire gave NASA an opportunity to test technologies and demonstrate their effectiveness in supporting wildland fire management across the life cycle of a fire.<\/p>\n
Read more about fire\u2019s effect on this region and what we can learn from studying fires.<\/p>\n