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collection:
nasa new
mediatype:
image
collection:
nasa
collection:
nasanaturalhazards
title:
Moonlight Fire, California: Natural Hazards
description:
According to the USDA Forest Service's InciWeb information system, the Moonlight Fire in northern California had grown to more than 63,000 acres as of September 11, 2007. Burning in thick forests on steep slopes, the fire had forced mandatory evacuations and closures of the surrounding Plumas National Forest. This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite on September 10. Places where the sensor detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. Smoke blows west over Lake Almanor and toward the Sacramento Valley.

The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov/subsets/?USA 1 twice-daily images of the region in additional resolutions and formats, including an infrared-enhanced version that highlights burn scars.

NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.n asa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
subject:
Where -- California
subject:
Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
subject:
What -- Terra
subject:
Where -- Sacramento
what:
Terra
where:
California
where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
where:
Sacramento
identifier:
moon_TMO_2007253
uploader:
gwilliam@archive.org
addeddate:
2011-08-02 08:16:39
publicdate:
2011-08-02 08:16:39
creator:
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
ImageUID:
file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 108/1/moon_TMO_20072 53/moon_TMO_2007253_ lrg.jpg
filename:
moon_TMO_2007253_lrg .jpg
date:
2007-09-10
rights:
Public Domain
source:
year:
2007
language:
eng

Moonlight Fire, California: Natural Hazards