The modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) detected numerous fires (red dots) burning in the western United States on July 13, 2002 (see full-resolution scene). Fires in Oregon are especially large, and are producing thick smoke.
Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2002194-0713 MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.10.2012 13:04 |
| Photo ID: | 693507 |
| Resolution: | 1800x2400 |
| Size: | 935.87 KB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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