fool creek fire, nw of choteau, montana, july 2009
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Fool Creek Fire
Ahorn Fool Creek
Blowup, July 31, 2007
Photographs by Bill Luthin
1:42 pm Quiet day, smoke drifting north
1:47
First sign of blowup (far left over Choteau Mountain)
2:06
3:33
Plume from the Ahorn fire, 3:58 pm
Looking east toward Pine Butte and Ralston Gap: Smoke stream from the Ahorn on the right
converging with smoke from Fool Creek on the left
4:46
4:19
4:27
5:21
5:26
5:31, looking north
5:43
5:47
5:52
6:05
6:06
6:11
7:09 (I)
7:09 (II)
7:09 (III)
7:09 (I-III assembled)
7:11Ear Mountain still clear
(Note contrast between smoke-tinted light in foreground and clear light on slopes under Ear Mountain)
7:12 Choteau Mountain obscured by smoke
7:48
7:51
7:52
7:54
8:02, looking north
The End
(We wish…)