![MAFFS 4 drops on Papoose Fire, June 25, 2013](https://wildfiretoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MAFFS-4-drops-on-Papoose-Fire-June-25-2013.jpg)
The image above is a screen capture from a video of a C-130 Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) air tanker dropping on the Papoose Fire in Colorado this week. The drop was mostly complete at this moment — the shadow of the aircraft and the retardant is surreal. I wonder if it threw off or confused the pilots.
The video is at Fire Aviation.