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AIRDAS thermal color composite (Channels 4 (5.5-13.0 um); 3 (3.90 um); and 2 (1.65 um)), of the Sour Biscuit fire, Southern Oregon. This image was acquired from AIRDAS imaging system aboard the Sky Research Caravan aircraft. The acquiring platform altitude was 8000 feet above nominal terrain. Time of acquisition was 10:30 PM on 31 July 2002. The image was acquired at night to show the versatility of the AIRDAS for all-condition flying and data collection. There is little or no earth background terrain information visible in this night acquisition, although the data can be geo-rectified based on flight parameters from the system and acquiring airframe. The "black" areas at the left of the image are scene background areas where an aircraft-induced "roll" is corrected in the image data. This data is not geo-rectified to a map base, but allows fire personnel to view the fire conditions in near-real-time (within five minutes of collection).