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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in the Northern Rockies
Description:
More than 20 large fires are burning in the Northern Rockies region of Montana and Idaho as of September 4, 2003. Nearly half a million acres in the U.S. have been affected by the fires, which are marked in red in this Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Ter ra satellite on September 2. Additional fires have been burning for weeks in the Rockies in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, to the north.

Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Idaho
facet_where:
Montana
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 4, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11680
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Fires in the Northern Rockies