Late fall is often a perfect time for controlled or prescribed fires on public lands in the Pacific Northwest. Vegetation growth has slowed and rains and snows have increased, minimizing the danger for out-of-control spreading. Also, the coming winter snowpack means a protective ground covering that reduces erosion. This pair of true- and false-color images from the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra (top) and aqua.nasa.gov Aqua (bottom) satellites shows a handful of fires (red dots) in Oregon in the morning (Terra) and afternoon (Aqua) of November 25, 2002. Many of these fires are likely part of a prescribed burning plan for the state's lands.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 12:42 |
| Photo ID: | 691864 |
| Resolution: | 1600x2404 |
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| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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