Clouds were banked against the California coastline and skies were filled with smoke on July 13, 2008, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite captured this image of the state. Forest fires have been burning in the area since the first week of summer, when thousands of lightning strikes occurred during a weekend of ''dry'' thunderstorms. Places where MODIS detected active fire are outlined in red.
The high-resolution image provided above is at MODIS' maximum spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel, and it shows the entire state of California. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily images of rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=USA1 Northern and rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?subset=USA5 Southern California in additional resolutions and formats, including an infrared-enhanced version that highlights burned ground.
NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
| Date Taken: | 08.07.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2012 18:53 |
| Photo ID: | 762134 |
| Resolution: | 3824x4096 |
| Size: | 1.78 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Web Views: | 2 |
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