Whitewater-Baldy Fire in New Mexico

The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Whitewater-Baldy Fire in New Mexico.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data provided by the CALIPSO team. Caption by Adam Voiland with information from Dave DuBois (New Mexico State University) and Amber Soja (NASA Langley).

Published June 6, 2012
Data acquired May 29, 2012

Source:: CALIPSO > CALIOP