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NASA Earth Observatory Collection Collection NASA Earth Observatory Collection Collection
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Smoke from Alaska Fires Title Smoke from Alaska Fires Title
Description:
Smoke from large forest fires in Alaska has made the rounds across several parts of the Northern Hemisphere since the fires began in mid-June 2004. The plumes of grayish-yellow smoke have drifted across Canada and out to the Atlantic, southward to Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and eastward over the Bering Strait to Russia. In this scene, smoke from fires located in the top center of the scene, in east-central Alaska, is spreading southward along the western arc of the Alaska Range Mountains and the Alaska Peninsula. Below and to the left of center, the smoke breaks eastward across the mountain barrier and streams out over the Gulf of Alaska in two parallel paths?north and south of Kodiak Island. The smoke is getting swirled into a counter clockwise-spinning region of low atmospheric pressure in Gulf. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MO DIS) on NASA?s Ter ra satellite on August 29, 2004. NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC Description Smoke from large forest fires in Alaska has made the rounds across several parts of the Northern Hemisphere since the fires began in mid-June 2004. The plumes of grayish-yellow smoke have drifted across Canada and out to the Atlantic, southward to Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and eastward over the Bering Strait to Russia. In this scene, smoke from fires located in the top center of the scene, in east-central Alaska, is spreading southward along the western arc of the Alaska Range Mountains and the Alaska Peninsula. Below and to the left of center, the smoke breaks eastward across the mountain barrier and streams out over the Gulf of Alaska in two parallel paths?north and south of Kodiak Island. The smoke is getting swirled into a counter clockwise-spinning region of low atmospheric pressure in Gulf. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MO DIS) on NASA?s Ter ra satellite on August 29, 2004. NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC Description
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS Satellite_-_Sensor Terra- MODIS Satellite - Sensor
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Terra facet_what Terra facet_what
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Russia facet_where Russia facet_where
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Alaska facet_where Alaska facet_where
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Louisiana facet_where Louisiana facet_where
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Canada facet_where Canada facet_where
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Gulf of Mexico facet_where Gulf of Mexico facet_where
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Gulf of Alaska facet_where Gulf of Alaska facet_where
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where
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June 2004 facet_when June 2004 facet_when
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August 29, 2004 facet_when August 29, 2004 facet_when
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2004 facet_when_year 2004 facet_when_year
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12378 UID SPD-ETOBS-12378 UID
original url:
http://earthobserva… original_url http://earthobserva… original url

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