What's the Difference Between Controlled Explosion and Controlled Burn?

The images from the controlled burn are really striking. The height of the plume is unsurprising because of the amount of energy that's in there. But the really interesting thing about those images is that you notice it stops at the top. It flattens out. That's the thermal inversion. So shout out to meteorologists for being aware of what was going on and probably making things a lot less disastrous.

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