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FIRES, WILDFIRE and MANAGED { 41 images } Created 23 Jul 2018

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  • Thompson Fire on the west side of Redondo Peak on June 1, 2013. The lower smoke near Rancho de La Cueva is from a back burn ignited by firefighters to protect  structures. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Smoke from Thompson Fire back burn  in ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Boundary line of the backburn ignition, Thompson Fire, mixed conifer forest on the west side of Redondo Peak June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire including backburn on the west side of Redondo Peak  on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning in ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire back burn shows a well defined boundary where it was ignited, burning in ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning in ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire including back burn on the west side of Redondo Peak  on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning west of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning mixed conifer forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning in ponderosa pine forest on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on the west side of Redondo Peak on the night of June 1, 2013. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning across Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, generating tall flames and large amounts of smoke as it travels both in the forest crown and on the ground, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, generating large amounts of smoke, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning the crown of mixed conifer forest on Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning the crown of mixed conifer forest on Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Wildfire consumes a conifer tree in tall flames. Thompson Fire burning on Redondo Peak June 3, 2013, viewed from the south. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • On the night of June 5, 2013, the Thompson fire had burned across Redondo Peak on the left and eastward along the northwest rim of the Valle Grande. Big flames flaring up on the far side of the rim light up the smoke and clouds. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • On the night of June 5, 2013, the Thompson fire had burned across Redondo Peak on the left and eastward along the northwest rim of the Valle Grande. Big flames flaring up on the far side of the rim light up the smoke and clouds. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • On the night of June 5, 2013, the Thompson fire had burned across Redondo Peak and eastward along the northwest rim of the Valle Grande. Big flames flaring up on the far side of the rim light up the smoke and clouds. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • On the night of June 5, 2013, the Thompson fire had burned across Redondo Peak on the left and eastward along the northwest rim of the Valle Grande, with stars. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire back burn along the ridge leading SE from Redondo Peak, South Mountain prominent, night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on South Mountain the night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on South Mountain the night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on South Mountain the night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning on South Mountain the night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Thompson Fire burning near South Mountain the night of June 8, 2013, viewed from the southwest. Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, © 2013 David A. Ponton
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  • Areas burned by the Thompsen fire in June 2013 on the southeast side of Redondo Peak and Redondito Peak, photographed in September 2013, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM. Viewed from the Valle Grande where the road crosses the East Fork of the Jemez River. © 2013, David A. Ponton
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  • Burned areas on the southeast side of Redondo Peak photographed in September, 2013, from the Thompson Fire that burned in June 2013, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM. Viewed from the Valle Grande where the road crosses the East Fork of the Jemez River. © 2013, David A. Ponton
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  • Burned areas on the southeast side of Redondito Peak photographed in September, 2013, from the Thompson Fire that burned in June 2013, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, NM. Viewed from the Valle Grande where the road crosses the East Fork of the Jemez River. © David A. Ponton
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  • Smoke from the Hidden Valley Fire spreads in layers through the forest and hills on the west side of the Valle Grande at twilight. Large file panoramic image, © 2018 David A. Ponton
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  • Smoke from the Hidden Valley Fire spreads in layers through the forest and hills on the west side of the Valle Grande at twilight. © 2018 David A. Ponton
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  • Management fire burns at night in the grasslands of the Valle Grande in 1995 when it was a private ranch.  This was the first known use of fire for grassland management on the land that became Valles Caldera National Preserve. © 1995 David A. Ponton
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  • Prescribed grass fire burning in the Valle Grande on the evening of May 11, 2016, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © 2016 David A. Ponton
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  • Prescribed grass fire smolders in the Valle Grande on the morning of May 12, 2016, the day after ignition, showing virtually all of the above-the-surface grass and plants burned, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Grassland 3 weeks after prescribed  fire, Valle Grande June 2, 2016, grass growing quickly from roots,  Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Grassland 3 weeks after prescribed  fire, Valle Grande June 2, 2016, grass growing quickly from roots,  some burned grass still showing, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM, © David A. Ponton
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