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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in the Southern United States
Description:
On March 26, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an image of numerous fires burning across the Southern Plains in the United States. Fires (marked in red) were detected across parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri. According to news reports, some planned fires got out of control in Oklahoma and Kansas because of gusty winds.

The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions.

NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Kansas
facet_where:
Oklahoma
facet_where:
Arkansas
facet_where:
Missouri
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
March 26, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13442
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Fires in the Southern United States