Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in the Northern Rockies
Description:
On September 6, 2003, dozens of large fires were burning in the northern Rockies of British Columbia (top), Montana (bottom right), Idaho (bottom center), and Washington (bottom left). In Montana, a line of fires stretches southward from the U.S.-Canada border for 190 kilometers (118 miles), creating a wall of smoke that hangs over the Lewis Range Mountains east of Flathead Lake. This image of the fires (marked in red) was captured by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite on September 6.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_what:
Columbia
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Washington
facet_where:
Idaho
facet_where:
Montana
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 6, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11688
original url:

Fires in the Northern Rockies