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collection:
nasa new
mediatype:
image
collection:
nasa
collection:
nasanaturalhazards
title:
Topanga Fire: Natural Hazards
description:
A charcoal-colored burn scar sprawls across the mountainous terrain northwest of Los Angeles, California, in this infrared-enhanced satellite image collected by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v (ASTER) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite on October 4, 2005. The image makes it clear how close the fire came to cities and towns including Simi Valley near the northern edge and Thousand Oaks at the southwestern edge. The fire burned down a ridge that separates two more developed areas. Within the burned area, some pockets of vegetation (which appears red in this kind of image), have been spared. The large image shows the entire burned area, which, according to reports from the National Interagency Fire Center, exceeded 24,000 acres.

NASA image created from data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDA C/JAROS, and U.S./Japan asterweb.jpl.nasa.go v/ ASTER Science Team
subject:
Where -- California
subject:
What -- Terra
subject:
What -- ASTER
subject:
Where -- Los Angeles
subject:
What -- Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
what:
Terra
what:
ASTER
what:
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
where:
California
where:
Los Angeles
identifier:
topanga_ast_04oct05
uploader:
gwilliam@archive.org
addeddate:
2011-07-27 01:15:54
publicdate:
2011-07-27 01:15:54
creator:
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
ImageUID:
file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/topanga_ast_04 oct05/topanga_ast_04 oct05_15m.jpg
filename:
topanga_ast_04oct05_ 15m.jpg
date:
2005-10-04
rights:
Public Domain
source:
year:
2005
language:
eng

Topanga Fire: Natural Hazards