This blog post shows a typical prairie burn. This burn was showcased because it happened to be easily visible from roads.

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1. Crew starting the back fire

2. Getting asked to stay out of the way

3. Discussing what to do about me

4. I moved farther away to watch them continuing the fire line

5. Putting down water

6. The fire line is approaching. After this image I moved again.

7. View of smoke from back fire. The crew is starting to ignite a line of fire down the flanks.

8. Putting out the burning lawn grass

9. Continuing down the flank

10. Wetland vegetation burning hotter

11. The glow behind the curtain of smoke looks ominous

12. Smoke rising as planned

13. A strip of head fire racing toward the back fire line

14. Preparing to light a strip along West Palatine Road

15. Black smoke is typical of cattails burning

16. Wider view of above showing black smoke

17. Drawing out the water nozzel to spray down the fence

18. Spraying down the fence

19. Smoke plume with UTV in front to show scale

20. Fire in the smoke

21. Fire building as it approaches a wetland

22. Fire burning hot

23. Another image of fire burning hot

24. Fire strip on other side of a pond

25. Finishing up

26. Wide view

27. Zoomed in image of strip fire flanking vegetation on far side of a pond