The Contreras Fire as seen from Kitt Peak on Thursday 16 June 2022
Smoke visible from the Contreras Fire as seen from Kitt Peak on Thursday 16 June 2022. The image shows the view looking South from the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope catwalk. The Fire began on a remote ridge of the Baboquivari Mountains, north of the Baboquivari Peak on the Tohono O’odham Nation on Saturday, 11 June 2022.
Credit:KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | ann22018a |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | June 16, 2022, 3:13 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | ann22018 |
| Size: | 1280 x 928 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Kitt Peak National Observatory |
