Digital Eyes in the Sky Play Key Role in Battling Flames in Southern California

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This shot from the real-time HPWREN-connected atop Lyons peak was taken and archived on 7:48am on Wednesday Oct. 24 2007 during the height of the Harris fire which burned almost 100000 acres in San Diego County last week. Credit: HPWREN
This shot from the real-time HPWREN-connected atop Lyons peak was taken and archived on 7:48am on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, during the height of the Harris fire, which burned almost 100,000 acres in San Diego County last week. Credit: HPWREN

Video and still images captured in real time have informed fire crews and local residents in the San Diego area about the location and severity of threats to life and property since fires broke out earlier this month. Accident investigators from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) have requested these images that were captured by the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN).


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