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Altair Esperanza Fire Mission Imagery

11.06.06

 

	A high-tech infrared imaging sensor in its underbelly pod, the Altair unmanned aircraft flew repeated passes over the Esperanza fire to aid firefighting efforts. Photo courtesy General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	Equipped with a pod-mounted infrared imaging sensor, the Altair UAS aided fire mapping efforts over wildfires in central and southern California in late 2006. Photo courtesy General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	Several flareups are shown in this infrared image taken by a NASA Ames sensor on the Altair UAV flying over the Esperanza fire the night of Oct. 28-29, 2006. NASA Ames Earth Science image. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	A NASA-developed infrared sensor on the Altair unmanned aircraft took this image of a flareup on the Esperanza wildfire from high altitude on Oct. 28–29, 2006. NASA Ames Earth Science image. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	Series of images of the fires. NASA Ames Earth Science image. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	Series of images of the fires. NASA Ames Earth Science image. Click on the image for full-resolution.
	Series of images of the fires. NASA Ames Earth Science image. Click on the image for full-resolution.

Related Links:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_80AR.html
http://nirops.fs.fed.us/UASDemo/

 

 

Image Credit: NASA/Ames and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

 

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