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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS024-E-9526 Date: Jul. 2010
Geographic Region: USA-MONTANA
Feature: WILLOW MOUNTAIN, DOMINIC POINT FIRE, SMOKE PLUME

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  Dominic Point Fire, Montana

Lightning strikes and human activities in the forested mountains of the western United States can spark wildfires during the summer dry season. The Dominic Point Fire was first reported near 3:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, July 25, 2010. Approximately one hour later, the International Space Station crew photographed the fire's large smoke plume--already extending at least 8 kilometers (5 miles) to the east--from orbit as the station passed almost directly overhead. Forest Service fire crews, slurry bombers, and helicopters were on the scene by that evening.

The fire may have been started by a lightning strike, as there are no trails leading into the fire area located approximately 22 kilometers (14 miles) northeast of Hamilton, Montana, according to local reports. As of July 26, 2010, the fire had burned approximately 700 to 1,000 acres (283 to 405 hectares) of the Bitterroot National Forest in western Montana. The fire is thought to have expanded quickly due to high temperatures, low humidity, and favorable winds with an abundance of deadfall--dead trees and logs that provide readily combustible fuels--in the area.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 223k
Mission: ISS024  
Roll - Frame: E - 9526
Geographical Name: USA-MONTANA  
Features: WILLOW MOUNTAIN, DOMINIC POINT FIRE, SMOKE PLUME  
Center Lat x Lon: 46.3N x 113.9W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera: N4
 
Camera Tilt: 14   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 2956  
 
Date: 20100725   YYYYMMDD
Time: 215757   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 45.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 114.2W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 238   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 186   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 52   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views: PLUME, SMOKE  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  
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