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Devil's Punchbowl (Plumas County, California)
The Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte County, California, Butte, Plumas County, California, Plumas, Lassen County, California, Lassen, Shasta County, California, Shasta, and Tehama County, California, Tehama Counties, California. It was named after Dixie Road, near where the fire started in Butte County. The fire began in the North Fork Feather River, Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam on July 13, 2021, and burned before being 100% contained on October 25, 2021. It was the largest single (i.e. non-complex) wildfire in recorded California history, and the second-largest wildfire overall (after the August Complex fire of 2020 California wildfires, 2020). The fire damaged or destroyed several small towns or communities, including Greenville, California, Greenville on August 4, Canyondam, California, Canyondam on August 5, and Warner Valley, California, Warner Valley on August 12. By July 23, it had become the largest wildfire of the 2021 California wildfires, 2021 Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flammagenitus Cloud
A flammagenitus cloud, also known as a flammagenitus, pyrocumulus cloud, or fire cloud, is a dense cumuliform cloud associated with fire or volcanic eruptions. A flammagenitus is similar dynamically in some ways to a firestorm, and the two phenomena may occur in conjunction with each other. However, either may occur without the other. Formation A flammagenitus cloud is produced by the intense heating of the air from the surface. The intense heat induces convection, which causes the air mass to rise to a point of stability, usually in the presence of moisture. Phenomena such as volcanic eruptions and forest fires can induce formation of this cloud, by mechanisms similar to those that form homogenitus clouds. The presence of a low-level jet stream can enhance its formation. Condensation of ambient moisture (moisture already present in the atmosphere), as well as moisture evaporated from burnt vegetation or volcanic outgassing (water vapour being a dominant component of volcani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
