Traveling to wildfires often involves miles of travel on unimproved
roads with very dusty conditions. In the background a portion of the
Derby Fire in southern Montana exhibits column behavior.
Image ID: wea03323, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection Photo Date: 2006 September 2 Photographer: Dan Borsum, NOAA/NWS/WR/WFO/Billings Montana
Category: Monsters Fire Weather/NOAA 200th Photo Contest/