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Montana and Alberta (Canada)
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| Title |
Montana and Alberta (Canada) fires - July 29, 2003 |
| Abstract |
Push-in to the fires in Montana (US) and Alberta (Canada). |
| Completed |
2003-07-30 |
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Montana and Alberta (Canada)
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| Title |
Montana and Alberta (Canada) fires - July 29, 2003 |
| Abstract |
Push-in to the fires in Montana (US) and Alberta (Canada). |
| Completed |
2003-07-30 |
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Montana and Alberta (Canada)
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| Title |
Montana and Alberta (Canada) fires - July 29, 2003 |
| Abstract |
Push-in to the fires in Montana (US) and Alberta (Canada). |
| Completed |
2003-07-30 |
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Burn Scars in the Pacific No
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| Title |
Burn Scars in the Pacific Northwest |
| Description |
Fire season is winding down in western North America, but this false-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite reveals the season?s fire-scarred landscape. Vegetation is in shades of green, while burned areas are red. Scars dot the Northern Rockies from Canada (roughly top half of image) to Montana (bottom right) and Idaho, to its west. Additional large scars are visible in the Coast Mountains (left) which stretch from British Columbia, Canada, southward into Washington. Clouds are white and light blue, lakes and rivers are dark blue, and snow is bright blue. Naturally bare ground (or extremely low vegetation), such as on the highest mountains ridges at top center, or in the Columbia River Basin (bottom center), is pinkish tan. MODIS captured this image on October 4, 2003. Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires Across the United Stat
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| Title |
Fires Across the United States |
| Description |
This expansive image of the United States was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra and Aqua satellites. The left hand portion of the image comes from Aqua MODIS observations captured on the afternoon of October 22, 2003, while the right hand part of the image is from Terra MODIS observations captured a few hours earlier. Several geographic regions are experiencing fires, which were detected by the sensors and are marked with red dots. At upper left, fires are still burning across the Northern Rockies, the highest concentration is in Idaho, with additional fires in Montana to its east, and southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon, to the west. In the Southwest, fires are burning in southern California near Los Angeles (gray patch right at edge of image to the north of the Baja Peninsula), as well as in the arc of mountains running through Arizona. At top center, fires are scattered across the northern Great Plains, from North Dakota and across the United States? border into Canada. Far to the south, dozens more fires are burning in the Mississippi River Valley in Mississippi (against right edge), Louisiana (to the west) and Arkansas (north of Louisiana). The high-resolution image provided above is 2 kilometers per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires Across the United Stat
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| Title |
Fires Across the United States |
| Description |
This expansive image of the United States was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra and Aqua satellites. The left hand portion of the image comes from Aqua MODIS observations captured on the afternoon of October 22, 2003, while the right hand part of the image is from Terra MODIS observations captured a few hours earlier. Several geographic regions are experiencing fires, which were detected by the sensors and are marked with red dots. At upper left, fires are still burning across the Northern Rockies, the highest concentration is in Idaho, with additional fires in Montana to its east, and southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon, to the west. In the Southwest, fires are burning in southern California near Los Angeles (gray patch right at edge of image to the north of the Baja Peninsula), as well as in the arc of mountains running through Arizona. At top center, fires are scattered across the northern Great Plains, from North Dakota and across the United States? border into Canada. Far to the south, dozens more fires are burning in the Mississippi River Valley in Mississippi (against right edge), Louisiana (to the west) and Arkansas (north of Louisiana). The high-resolution image provided above is 2 kilometers per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Montana and Alberta
| Title |
Fires in Montana and Alberta |
| Description |
The Lost Creek Fire (center) continued to grow on August 1, 2003. The blaze is on the border of Alberta and British Columbia Provinces in western Canada. This image of the fire, and others to south in Glacier National Park in Montana, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Active fire detections captured by the sensor have been marked in yellow (this image) and with a red outline in the high-resolution image. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC |
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Smoke from fires in Idaho an
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| Title |
Smoke from fires in Idaho and Montana |
| Description |
Some things are so large that the perspective from space is necessary to appreciate them. One of those things is the long-distance impact that pollutants like smoke or dust can have on air quality. On August 4, 2007, for example, fires raging in Montana and Idaho polluted the air over much of the United States. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of the smoke and fires on the afternoon of August 4. The lower image is a mosaic of four separate flyovers (separated by faint diagonal lines), while the top image is a close-up view of the smoke and haze along the northeastern seaboard. Strong winds on August 4 created uncontrollable firestorms that forced the evacuation of at least two communities in Montana, reported the Missoulian. Fires in Montana and Idaho are marked with red dots in the lower image and are more clearly visible in the large image. In addition to fueling the flames, the winds blew dense plumes of smoke northeast. The thickest plumes rise from the fires in northwestern Montana. By the time the smoke reached eastern Montana, the plumes were no longer distinct. The air was clouded with a soupy, gray haze that curves north into Canada. High-level winds pushed the smoke south over the western Great Lakes, and into the central and southern United States. From the bank of clouds over Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, the air was white-gray with haze. From the central United States, the plume of pollution snaked over the Mid-Atlantic States and the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, where it turned north and flowed along the coast. Some additional haze may line the coast south of Cape Hatteras, but reflected sunlight has turned the ocean's surface into a mirror, effectively masking the presence of any haze. The top image provides a closer view of the haze over the Atlantic Ocean from the Delmarva Peninsula along the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, to the Gulf of Maine, north of Cape Cod. By this point, smoke from the western wildfires is probably only one component of the haze. High temperatures and stagnant air also amplified the impact of urban pollution, creating Code Orange [ http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqi#unh ] air quality conditions, which are unhealthy for sensitive groups such as active children or adults or individuals with respiratory ailments. The jetstream—the fast-moving, high-level winds that steer weather systems—is defined by the stark boundary between the hazy air over the Mid-Atlantic and the clear air over New England. Jetstream winds are clearly blocking the smoke from traveling north. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/ ] of the United States in a clickable map. |
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Smoke from fires in Idaho an
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| Title |
Smoke from fires in Idaho and Montana |
| Description |
Some things are so large that the perspective from space is necessary to appreciate them. One of those things is the long-distance impact that pollutants like smoke or dust can have on air quality. On August 4, 2007, for example, fires raging in Montana and Idaho polluted the air over much of the United States. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS [ http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov ]) onboard NASA's Aqua [ http://aqua.nasa.gov/ ] satellite captured this image of the smoke and fires on the afternoon of August 4. The lower image is a mosaic of four separate flyovers (separated by faint diagonal lines), while the top image is a close-up view of the smoke and haze along the northeastern seaboard. Strong winds on August 4 created uncontrollable firestorms that forced the evacuation of at least two communities in Montana, reported the Missoulian. Fires in Montana and Idaho are marked with red dots in the lower image and are more clearly visible in the large image. In addition to fueling the flames, the winds blew dense plumes of smoke northeast. The thickest plumes rise from the fires in northwestern Montana. By the time the smoke reached eastern Montana, the plumes were no longer distinct. The air was clouded with a soupy, gray haze that curves north into Canada. High-level winds pushed the smoke south over the western Great Lakes, and into the central and southern United States. From the bank of clouds over Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, the air was white-gray with haze. From the central United States, the plume of pollution snaked over the Mid-Atlantic States and the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, where it turned north and flowed along the coast. Some additional haze may line the coast south of Cape Hatteras, but reflected sunlight has turned the ocean's surface into a mirror, effectively masking the presence of any haze. The top image provides a closer view of the haze over the Atlantic Ocean from the Delmarva Peninsula along the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, to the Gulf of Maine, north of Cape Cod. By this point, smoke from the western wildfires is probably only one component of the haze. High temperatures and stagnant air also amplified the impact of urban pollution, creating Code Orange [ http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=static.aqi#unh ] air quality conditions, which are unhealthy for sensitive groups such as active children or adults or individuals with respiratory ailments. The jetstream—the fast-moving, high-level winds that steer weather systems—is defined by the stark boundary between the hazy air over the Mid-Atlantic and the clear air over New England. Jetstream winds are clearly blocking the smoke from traveling north. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov ] at NASA GSFC, which provides daily images [ http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/fas/ ] of the United States in a clickable map. |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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| Title |
Fires in the Northern Rockies |
| Description |
Dozens of large fires were burning across the Rocky Mountains in Canada (top), Montana (bottom right), and Idaho (bottom center) on August 14, 2003. This image shows smoke plumes trailing from the fires, which were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite and are marked with red dots in the image. 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, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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| Title |
Fires in the Northern Rockies |
| Description |
Dozens of fires burning in the Rocky Mountains in Montana were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on the afternoon of August 19, 2003. In the image, fire locations have been marked in yellow. The fires are threatening power transmission lines and many residents have been told to prepare for blackouts as other residents are being evacuated. This image shows the region surround Flathead Lake (left of center) in northwest Montana. To the north of the lake are several fires burning in Glacier National Park right near the United States-Canada border, while dozens of fires to the south are filling mountain valleys in with smoke. 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, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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| 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 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua 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, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Western Canada
| Title |
Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
On August 1, 2003, dozens of large fires were burning across western North America in Canada (top half of image) and the United States (bottom half). Huge plumes of smoke were streaming northeastward from massive fires in Canada's British Columbia (left) and Alberta (right) provinces, while across the international border, fires were burning in (left to right) Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. 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 Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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Fires in Western Canada
| Title |
Fires in Western Canada |
| Description |
Dozens of large fires were burning across British Columbia, Canada, on August 20, 2003. The fires (marked with yellow) have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and put thousands on evacuation alert. This image of the fires was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. British Columbia is at top left, with Alberta to the east. At the bottom are Washington, Idaho, and Montana. 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, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
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Smoke from fires in Idaho an
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
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USA_AMO_2007216
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2007-08-04 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
USA_AMO_2007216 |
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Fires in Montana and Alberta
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Fires continued to burn in t
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Montana.AMOA2003209
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
July 28, 2003 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Montana.AMOA2003209 |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On August 1, 2003, dozens of
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UnitedStates.AMOA2003213
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-08-01 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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UnitedStates.AMOA2003213 |
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Wildfires in Glacier Nationa
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Fast-moving forest fires con
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montana_2003208_pm
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-07-27 |
| creator |
NASA -- Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC |
| identifier |
montana_2003208_pm |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dozens of fires burning in t
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Idaho2.AMOA2003231
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IMAGE |
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image |
| date |
2003-08-19 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Idaho2.AMOA2003231 |
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Fires in Western Canada: Nat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dozens of large fires were b
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Canada.AMOA2003232
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| date |
2003-08-20 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Canada.AMOA2003232 |
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Fires Across the United Stat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This expansive image of the
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UnitedStates.A2003295
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
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| date |
2003-10-22 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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UnitedStates.A2003295 |
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Fires Across the United Stat
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
This expansive image of the
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UnitedStates.A2003295
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2003-10-22 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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UnitedStates.A2003295 |
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Fires in Montana and Alberta
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
The Lost Creek Fire (center)
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Montana2.AMOA2003213
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IMAGE |
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| date |
2003-08-01 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Montana2.AMOA2003213 |
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Fires in Montana and Alberta
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Fast-moving forest fires con
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Montana2.AMOA2003208
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IMAGE |
| mediatype |
image |
| date |
July 27, 2003 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Montana2.AMOA2003208 |
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Burn Scars in the Pacific No
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Fire season is winding down
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aqua_pacnwscars_04oct03
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image |
| date |
2003-10-04 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
aqua_pacnwscars_04oct03 |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On September 6, 2003, dozens
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Montana.AMOA2003249
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IMAGE |
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image |
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2003-09-06 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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Montana.AMOA2003249 |
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Fires in the Northern Rockie
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
Dozens of large fires were b
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Idaho2.AMOA2003226
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image |
| date |
2003-08-14 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Idaho2.AMOA2003226 |
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Fires in Montana and Alberta
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nasa, nasanaturalhazards
On July 29, 2003, the modis.
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Montana2.AMOA2003210
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| date |
July 29, 2003 |
| creator |
NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
| identifier |
Montana2.AMOA2003210 |
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