System:

5 meter diameter pool flame at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lighting:

Natural.

Special Interest:

Large fires such as these are used to test the integrity of containers, aircraft or other large objects when they are involved in an accident. The interesting feature that can be observed is the pair of counter rotating vortices near the surface of the pool.

Photo:

1 msec exposure on 400 ASA film, with no filters.