Top of haze layer about 80 miles northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Work on Convair-580 at Gateway Airport, Pietersburg, South Africa.

ER-2 aircraft on ground. Photo taken from cockpit of Convair-580.

First fire (flaming and smoldering in Kruger National Park, South Africa) studied on this flight.

Cloud atop haze in Madikwe Game Reserve on South Africa/Botswana border.

Fire studied in Madikwe Game Reserve on South Africa/Botswana border.

Smoke and capping cumulus over fire studied in Madikwe Game Reserve on South Africa/Botswana border.

CARG living quarters at Eskulaap Park, Pietersburg, South Africa.

Photo obscured by propeller.

Madikwe Game Reserve (poor photo).

Madikwe Game Reserve (poor photo).

Prescribed fire studied in Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.

Haze from 10,000 ft heading back from Madikwe Game Reserve on South Africa/ Botswana border to Pietersburg, South Africa.

Terrain for BRDF measurements about 5 nautical miles west of Skukusa airport, South Africa.

Terrain for BRDF measurements about 5 nautical miles west of Skukusa airport, South Africa.

Mopane trees (??) on which BRDF measurements were obtained.

Mopane trees (??) on which BRDF measurements were obtained.

Clean slot near Mozambique coast.

Much better photo of clean slot near Mozambique coast.

Poor photo (obscured by propeller).

Area of uniform shrub for BRDF measurements on brush and red soil near Eldorado near South Africa/ Zimbabwe border.

Close-up of area of uniform shrub for BRDF measurements on brush and red soil near Eldorado on South Africa/Zimbabwe border.

Area for BRDF measurements centered on Skukusa tower, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Dry riverbed in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Fires west of Beria, Mozambique, on which measurements were obtained.

Fires west of Beria, Mozambique, producing smoke on which measurements were obtained.

Fires west of Beria, Mozambique, producing smoke on which measurements were obtained.

On top of thick haze en route back from Mozambique to Pietersburg, South Africa.

Miombo vegetation near Kaoma, Zambia.

Prescribed burn of Miombo near Kaoma, Zambia, on which measurements were obtained from Convair-580.

Near Maun, Botswana. In free troposphere, with haze below. (TOMS overpass at 0948 UTC.)

Surface near Maun tower, Botswana. (Good photo.)

Surface near Maun tower (not as good as previous photo).

Surface for BRDF measurements centered on Maun tower, Botswana.

Nice photo showing haze below taken at altitude during climb over Maun tower, Botswana. (Good photo.)

Pans in the Makgadikgadi National Park, Botswana.

Nice photo of ER-2 on ground at Gateway Airport, Pietersburg, South Africa.

Beginning of prescribed burn of Dambo near Kaoma, Zambia, on which measurements were obtained from Convair-580. (Poor photo.)

Shows fire line and smoke from prescribed Dambo burn near Kaoma, Zambia.

Good photo showing fire line for prescribed burn of Dambo near Kaoma, Zambia.

Smoke from prescribed Dambo fire and general haze near Kaoma, Zambia.

Haze near location of BRDF measurements over Mongu tower, Zambia.

Surface on which BRDF measurements were obtained centered on Mongu tower, Zambia.

Surface on which BRDF measurements were obtained centered on Mongu tower, Zambia.

Surface on which BRDF measurements were obtained centered on Mongu tower, Zambia.

Nice photo of prescribed fire in the Timbavati Game Reserve (near Kruger National Park, South Africa) on which measurements were obtained from the Convair-580.

Smoke associated with the prescribed fire in the Timbavati Game Reserve, South Africa.

Smoke plume from the Timbavati prescribed fire, South Africa.

Smoke plume from the Timbavati prescribed fire, South Africa.

Smoke from the Timbavati prescribed fire, South Africa.

Open-pit copper mine at Phalaborwa, South Africa.

Better photo of open-pit copper mine at Phalaborwa, South Africa.

Open-pit copper mine at Phalaborwa, South Africa.

Mopane trees on which BRDF measurements were obtained (poor photo), South Africa.

Better photo (but haze) of Mopane trees on which BRDF measurements were obtained, South Africa.

Mopane trees on which second series of BRDF measurements were obtained, South Africa.

Mopane trees on which BRDF measurements were obtained.

Looking down on haze en route back from Kruger National Park to Pietersburg, South Africa.

Looking down on haze en route back from Kruger National Park to Pietersburg, South Africa. (Better photo.) (No clean slot.)

Haze layer off Namibian coast.

Nice photo of "clean slot" off northern Namibian coast. (Terra and ER-2 overpasses at 0942 UTC.)

Nice photo of "clean slot" off southern Namibian coast. (Namib Desert and coastline.)

Contrast in visibility (compared to previous photo of "clean slot") with few thousand feet descent into Namib Desert, Namibia.

Area of Namib Desert on which BRDF measurements were obtained, Namibia.

Area of Namib Desert on which BRDF measurements were obtained, Namibia.

View of cloud top between "points A and B" (Terra and ER-2 overpasses at ~0930 UTC) off Namibian coast.

View of cloud top between "points A and B" (Terra and ER-2 overpasses at ~0930 UTC) off Namibian coast.

Stratus cloud tops on which first set of BRDF measurements were made off Namibian coast.

Stratus cloud tops on which second set of BRDF measurements were made off Namibian coast.

Stratus cloud tops on which second set of BRDF measurements were made off Namibian coast.

"Clean slot" over Namibia.

Edge of stratiform cloud and cumulus beyond off southern Namibian coast.

Edge of stratiform cloud and cumulus beyond off southern Namibian coast.

Small cumulus on which inflow, outflow and structural measurements were obtained off SW African coast.

Nice photo of first freighter on which plume measurements were obtained off west coast of South Africa.

Poor photo of second freighter on which plume measurements were obtained off west coast of South Africa.

Namib Desert and coastline.

Good photo of sandstorm on ground near Walvis Bay Airport, Namibia. Same sandstorm on which measurements were obtained on landing approach from UW flight 1838.

Poor photo of Etosha (white) Pan, Namibia.

Poor photo of Etosha (white) Pan, Namibia.

White Etosha Pan on which BRDF measurements were obtained, Namibia.

Poor photo.

Mopane trees in Etosha Park, Namibia, on which BRDF measurements were obtained.

Mopane trees in Etosha Park, Namibia, on which BRDF measurements were obtained.

Nice photo of Mopane trees in Etosha Park, Namibia, on which BRDF measurements were obtained.