Pyrocumulous Clouds from the Stratosphere
Taken by Dr. Tony Phillips on July 23, 2022 @
Bishop, California
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An extreme wildfire is burning out of control on the edge of California's Sierra National Forest. On Saturday morning, we (Spaceweather.com and Earth to Sky Calculus) photographed it from the stratosphere.
These images show the "Oak Fire" from an altitude of 98,540 feet. At the epicenter, a pyrocumulous cloud can be seen rising more than 10,000 feet in the air. From there, a wedge of dense smoke stretches more than 60 miles across the Sierra, blanketing Mono Lake in the lower right corner.
The photos were taken by a camera onboard a cosmic ray research balloon, which we launched on July 23rd to investigate that morning's geomagnetic storm. The Oak Fire was an unexpected catch.
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