Elk Bath
Elk in the Bitterroot River[1]is awildlife photographby John McColgan, a fire behavior analyst who worked for the Alaska Fire Service division of theBureau of Land Management.[2]It was taken on August 6, 2000,[2]on the East Fork of theBitterroot Riveron theSulaComplex,Bitterroot National Forest,Montana,United States,[3]and is also sometimes known by the title,Bitterroot Forest Fireor, more vaguely,Montana Fire.WhenNASAfeatured it in its onlineAstronomy Picture of the Dayseries, it was calledFire on Earth.The image shows two Rocky Mountainelkseeking protection from awildfireby standing in the river.[4]
It was one of theTimemagazinePhotographs of the Year 2000, and ran in itsThe Year in Picturesspecial edition in winter 2000/2001, and the web equivalent.[5]
McColgan took the photograph with aKodak DC280digital camera[6]while standing on a bridge at Sula, Montana over the East Fork of the Bitterroot River.
References
[edit]- ^McColgan, John."Elk in Bitterroot River Surrounded by Fire".Forest Service Museum.U.S. Forrest Service.Retrieved2023-01-16.
- ^ab"Elk Bath".National Interagency Fire Center.Archivedfrom the original on 6 February 2007.Retrieved3 April2019.
- ^Stephen J. Pyne (2016).The Northern Rockies: A Fire Survey.University of Arizona Press. p. 38.ISBN9780816533510.
- ^Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (2000-11-21)."Fire on Earth".Astronomy Picture of the Day.NASA.Retrieved2008-02-19.
- ^"The year in pictures".Time.2000. Archived fromthe originalon January 24, 2001.Retrieved2008-02-19.
- ^"Most Famous Wildfire Photograph Ever Taken!".About.Archived fromthe originalon 2008-04-06.Retrieved2008-02-19.
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