Photos: Wildfire photographer Kari Greer goes inside the inferno
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Photographer Kari Greer has spent years documenting wildfires and firefighters in much of the United States. In this photo, a firefighter works a low-intensity burn operation June 14 at Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico.
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This is Greer's award-winning image of an Erickson Air-Crane dipping into a pond to fill its tank on the Oakhead Complex Fire in Osceola National Forest, Florida. The image won first place in the "aerial resources" category of a Fire & Aviation Management photo contest in 2004.
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Greer's third-place image is of a helitorch being used on the Mad Creek Fire in Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests in Colorado.
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Greer's second-place image is from the "wildland/urban interface" category of firefighters watching a retardant drop on the Burn Canyon Fire in Colorado.
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Greer's first-place image in the "wildland fire" category shows intense heat coming from the Kinishba Fire in Arizona.
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Greer's second-place image in the "wildland fire" category shows extreme fire behavior on the Blackhall Fire in Wyoming.
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The Idaho City Hotshots firefighting team comes down after several nights battling Little Bear Fire in Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico on June 15.
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Flames turn night into day along a road this month during New Mexico's Little Bear Fire at Lincoln National Forest.
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A firefighter battles the Little Bear Fire on June 14 at Lincoln National Forest.
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A crew mops up a day after a Little Bear Fire burn operation on June 15 at Lincoln National Forest.
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A member of the Idaho City Hotshots pauses after taking on the Little Bear Fire at Lincoln National Forest.
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Brush burns during the Little Bear Fire at Lincoln National Forest on June 14.
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The flames appear to take on a life of their own at Lincoln National Forest this month.
