
Several other (Tout, Snake and McDonald Tank to name a few) fires were also determined to be lightning caused in this mid-June 2021 period of high-based thunderstorms.The Wyrick Fire was around 7,592 acres, with the West Chev around 1,170 acres, in size by July 4, 2021. The fires were first reported on Saturday, Jaround 12:30 PM MST. Ground crews, air tankers and helicopters worked to suppress the fires and protect the communities near Heber-Overgaard. The Wyrick Fire was located 2 miles north, and the West Chev fire 12.25 miles northwest of Heber, AZ on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Wyrick and West Chev Fires (summary from Inciweb) :.Rock Butte Fire - Discovered 6/17: 127 acres Lightning strikes tree royalty-free images 2,555 lightning strikes tree stock photos, vectors, and illustrations are available royalty-free. Limestone Fire - Discovered 6/17: 33 acres Rock Butte Fire Complex (from Inciweb) :.Rough and rocky terrain coupled with limited area access along with excessive temperatures and single digit humidity created challenges for the approximately 100 personnel initially assigned to the fire. In addition, the Fossil Creek recreation area was closed due to wildfire danger, including Waterfall Trail, Irving/Flume, Tonto Bench, Fossil Creek Bridge, Homestead, Sally May, Purple Mountain, and Mazatzal. As of July 4, 2021, the fire was at 40,855 acres and 76% contained with 319 people assigned to the fire. The Backbone Fire started by lightning and was first reported at 11:30 PM MST on June 16, 2021. It started approximately 12 miles west of Pine and Strawberry, Arizona. Lichtenberg was able to transfer and record these images. A Lichtenberg figure (German Lichtenberg-Figuren), or Lichtenberg dust figure. The lightning-shaped scar that Harry receives from Voldemort symbolizes everything unique and astounding about Harry, though he never thinks twice.

Again, topography and dry fuels drove the fire approximately 7 ½ miles on the 22nd and by Wednesday morning, and by the morning of June 23rd the fire had grown to 34,949 acres. The fire was at 78,065 acres in size by July 4, 2021. For the song The Lightning Tree, see Follyfoot. The fire continued to grow in Sycamore Canyon and on Tuesday, June 22 the fire continued to move east and crossed into the Coconino National Forest. On June 21, the fire added another approximately 5,500 acres to 24,191 acres, and burned actively in Tule Canyon within the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness on the Kaibab National Forest. The fire moved 9 ½ miles on June 20 and moved from the origin to above the Mogollon Rim onto the Kaibab National Forest and into the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Area. The fire was located in a remote area approximately 4 miles north of Perkinsville and had grown to 1,000 acres by the morning of June 20. Strong winds on June 20, combined with dry fuels and favorable uphill topography in front of the fire, added nearly 18,000 acres for a total of 18,671 acres.

There is a video at the end of this post that shows a Lichtenberg figure being created.īelow will find a small gallery of people who were struck by lightning and the fractal pattern it left behind.The Rafael Fire was discovered on Jon the Prescott National Forest. This discovery was also the forerunner of modern day plasma physics.Īlthough Lichtenberg only studied 2-dimensional (2D) figures, modern high voltage researchers study 2D and 3D figures (electrical trees) on, and within, insulating materials. Roughly 90 of those struck by lightning survive, yet the electrical discharge leaves pretty unsightly scars, called Lichtenberg figures. By then pressing blank sheets of paper onto these patterns, Lichtenberg was able to transfer and record these images, thereby discovering the basic principle of modern Xerography. After discharging a high voltage point to the surface of an insulator, he recorded the resulting radial patterns in fixed dust. In 1777, Lichtenberg built a large electrophorus to generate high voltage static electricity through induction. When they were first discovered, it was thought that their characteristic shapes might help to reveal the nature of positive and negative electric “fluids”. They are named after the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who originally discovered and studied them. Lichtenberg figures are branching electric discharges that sometimes appear on the surface or the interior of insulating materials.
