Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Day Fire in Southern California
Description:
The winds spreading smoke from the Day Fire northwest of Los Angeles, California, have shifted once again. On September 20, 2006, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of smoke spreading southeast over Los Angeles. The day before, smoke blew northeast, while on September 17, the smoke" title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13869">smoke">http://earthobserva…blew west, over the Pacific Ocean. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red. According to the September 21 report from the National Interagency Fire Center, the Day Fire had grown to 99,950 acres and was 35 percent contained.

NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
California
facet_where:
Pacific Ocean
facet_where:
Los Angeles
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 20, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13886
original url:
http://earthobserva…

Day Fire in Southern California
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