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Head Fire and Backburn

Flames spread on either side of a smoldering black line in short grass. Larger flames burn on the far side.

Fire burns in all directions. Wind feeds the larger flames of the head fire. Fire slowly burning against the wind is called a backburn.

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Code: TAPR

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas
Latitude: 38.4514007568359, Longitude: -96.5738983154297

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03/26/2007

03/26/2007

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