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Fires in Yukon Territory, Ca …
Sixty-eight fires were affec …
8/3/09
Description Sixty-eight fires were affecting an estimated 94,107 hectares (232,543 acres) in Canada's Yukon Territory on July 30, 2009, according to the daily situation report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Several large blazes were pouring out thick smoke plumes when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this natural-color image. Places where MODIS detected active fire are outlined in red. This image is cropped (at left) along the border with Alaska (visible in large image), where even smokier fires are burning. The smoke from these fires and others in Russia's Far East are veiling the entire Arctic with haze. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Date 8/3/09
Wildfires in Alaska's Yukon …
Large fires in eastern Alask …
8/3/09
Description Large fires in eastern Alaska's Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge were billowing out thick plumes of yellowish smoke when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on July 30, 2009. The smoke appears to be relatively close to the ground, in many places, brighter clouds lie over top of the smoke. The large version of the image shows that the smoke covers a wide area of Alaska and western Canada. NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.
Date 8/3/09
NASA TV's This Week @NASA, J …
A NASA-sponsored mission in …
06/25/10
Description A NASA-sponsored mission in Alaska is exploring how changes in the Arctic's sea ice cover may be contributing to global warming.* Now, after years of continuous service to more than a dozen missions, NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS 1 is retiring.* The replica Orion crew module used in the highly-successful Launch Abort system Pad Abort-1 flight test in New Mexico May 6 has returned to the Dryden Flight Research Center. * The Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station and the Marshall Space Flight Center welcomed members of the STS-131 crew to share highlights from their recent 15-day mission to the International Space Station. * While soccer fans around the world watch and await the winner of the 2010 World Cup, student players from the U.S. and Canada heard scientists and engineers from the Ames Research Center's Fluid Dynamics Laboratory explain the aerodynamics of the “Jabulani'' soccer ball.*
Date 06/25/10
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk …
Title Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska …
Title Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska and Canada both suffered multi-fire damage. On June 29, 2004, these smoke plumes were detected from space by the Aqua satellite.
Completed 2004-08-19
Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska …
Title Fires Ravage Parts of Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska and Canada both suffered multi-fire damage. On June 29, 2004, these smoke plumes were detected from space by the Aqua satellite.
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
Alaska Fire Particles Traver …
Title Alaska Fire Particles Traverse Parts of Canada and the United States (June 29, 2004, through July 19, 2004)
Abstract Aerosols created by fires in Alaska and Canada waft over the United States. These images from the TOMS instrument show levels of the absorbing aerosol particles (airborne microscopic dust/smoke). More information on the TOMS instrument can be viewed at (http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html).
Completed 2004-08-19
China Dust Storm Pollutes Ai …
Title China Dust Storm Pollutes Air in the Eastern United States in April 2001 (Flatmap)
Abstract A large dust storm develops over China on April 6 and 7, 2001. This animation shows the dust moving over China, Russia, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and Canada, settling over the United States.
Completed 2004-06-10
China Dust Storm Pollutes Ai …
Title China Dust Storm Pollutes Air in the Eastern United States in April 2001 (Flatmap)
Abstract A large dust storm develops over China on April 6 and 7, 2001. This animation shows the dust moving over China, Russia, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and Canada, settling over the United States.
Completed 2004-06-10
China Dust Storm Pollutes Ai …
Title China Dust Storm Pollutes Air in the Eastern United States in April 2001 (Flatmap)
Abstract A large dust storm develops over China on April 6 and 7, 2001. This animation shows the dust moving over China, Russia, Japan, the Pacific Ocean, and Canada, settling over the United States.
Completed 2004-06-10
Fires and Smoke Across Alask …
Title Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska suffered from fire and smoke that can be seen from space. The Aqua satellite captured this breathtaking image on 29 June 2004.
Completed 2004-07-01
Fires and Smoke Across Alask …
Title Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska suffered from fire and smoke that can be seen from space. The Aqua satellite captured this breathtaking image on 29 June 2004.
Completed 2004-07-01
Fires and Smoke Across Alask …
Title Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska suffered from fire and smoke that can be seen from space. The Aqua satellite captured this breathtaking image on 29 June 2004.
Completed 2004-07-01
Fires and Smoke Across Alask …
Title Fires and Smoke Across Alaska and Canada
Abstract Alaska suffered from fire and smoke that can be seen from space. The Aqua satellite captured this breathtaking image on 29 June 2004.
Completed 2004-07-01
AC91-0121-1
This (Sandpiper like) bird, …
3/1/91
Description This (Sandpiper like) bird, as well as many other species keep watch over Moffett Field wetlands. The shorebird in this picture is a greater yellowlegs (Tinga melanoleuca) which is a common bird found in our coastal salt marsh and tidal zones in winter months. Generally, they summer/breed up north in Canada and Alaska and then migrate in the fall to winter along the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico. Known for their loud call of a slightly descending series of three or more tew notes. Diet consists of small fish, insects, snails, worms, and tadpoles. used in Ames 60 yr. History NASA SP-2000-4314
Date 3/1/91
Inspection of the Coating on …
Name of Image Inspection of the Coating on the Starshine Mirrors
Date of Image 2001-04-01
Full Description In this photograph, Vince Huegele of the Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC's) Space Optics Manufacturing Technology Center (SOMTC) inspects the coating on the mirrors for Starshine 3, a satellite that resembles a high-tech disco ball that was placed into Earth orbit. The sphere, which is covered by hundreds of quarter-sized mirrors that reflect sunlight to observers on the ground, helps students study the effects of solar activity on the Earth's atmosphere. Ed White Middle School in Huntsville, Alabama is among 500 schools worldwide whose students helped grind and polish mirrors for the Starshine 3 satellite as a part of the Starshine Project. The total of up to 1,500 mirrors will improve the sunlight flash rate and make the satellite more visible at twilight as it orbits the Earth. These mirrors have been coated with a scratch-resistant, anti-oxidizing layer of silicon dioxide by optical engineers and technicians at the Hill Air Force Base in Utah and MSFC. Starshine-3 was launched on an Athena I unmarned launch vehicle out of the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, on September 29, 2001. Starshine 3 is nearly 37 inches (1 meter) in diameter, weighs 200 pounds (91 kilograms), and carries 1500 mirrors that were polished by approximately 40,000 students in 1,000 schools in 30 countries. Three small, optically-reflective spherical Starshine student satellites have been designed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and built by an informal volunteer coalition of organizations and individuals in the U.S. and Canada. This coalition, called Project Starshine, is headquartered in Monument, Colorado.
Fires Across Alaska
Title Fires Across Alaska
Description In the third week of August 2005, an area of high atmospheric pressure built up over Alaska. Large areas of high pressure often lead to calm weather, with light (or absent) surface winds. Unfortunately for Alaska residents, the high pressure system that parked over the state coincided with a period of significant fire activity, with more than a hundred forest fires churning out thick smoke. For several days the smoke piled up over the Interior leading to hazardous-air-quality warnings for many areas. This pair of images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite shows smoke measurements over Alaska and western Canada on August 15 (top) and August 21 (bottom). (The background for the image is NASA's Blue Marble. [ http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2429 ]) Increasing amounts of smoke are shown as an aerosol index with shades of blue (little or no smoke) to dull red (thick smoke). On August 15, a large mass of smoke had drifted westward over the Interior and spread out over the Bering Sea toward Russia. Less than a week later, the weather patterns shifted and the smoke blew to the east and north, over Yukon Territory in western Canada and over Victoria Island toward the Arctic Ocean. Smoke contains many substances, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water vapor, and particulate matter. OMI measures smoke by tracking black carbon particles, or soot, that absorb ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the wavelengths of sunlight that cause sunburns. By measuring how much UV radiation the soot absorbs, OMI provides estimates of the amount of black carbon aerosol in the smoke layer. This method of detecting aerosols based on their interaction with UV rather than visible (rainbow) light allows OMI to measure absorption by black carbon in smoke even if the smoke is mixed with or floating above clouds. Measurements of how much radiation aerosols absorb are important for scientists trying to calculate the net effect of aerosols on Earth's energy budget and climate. OMI was added to NASA's Aura satellite as part of a collaboration between the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programs and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The sensor tracks global ozone change and monitors aerosols and pollution in the atmosphere. NASA image and caption information courtesy the OMI Science Team.
Fires Across Alaska
Title Fires Across Alaska
Description In the third week of August 2005, an area of high atmospheric pressure built up over Alaska. Large areas of high pressure often lead to calm weather, with light (or absent) surface winds. Unfortunately for Alaska residents, the high pressure system that parked over the state coincided with a period of significant fire activity, with more than a hundred forest fires churning out thick smoke. For several days the smoke piled up over the Interior leading to hazardous-air-quality warnings for many areas. This pair of images from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA's Aura satellite shows smoke measurements over Alaska and western Canada on August 15 (top) and August 21 (bottom). (The background for the image is NASA's Blue Marble. [ http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2429 ]) Increasing amounts of smoke are shown as an aerosol index with shades of blue (little or no smoke) to dull red (thick smoke). On August 15, a large mass of smoke had drifted westward over the Interior and spread out over the Bering Sea toward Russia. Less than a week later, the weather patterns shifted and the smoke blew to the east and north, over Yukon Territory in western Canada and over Victoria Island toward the Arctic Ocean. Smoke contains many substances, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water vapor, and particulate matter. OMI measures smoke by tracking black carbon particles, or soot, that absorb ultraviolet (UV) radiation, the wavelengths of sunlight that cause sunburns. By measuring how much UV radiation the soot absorbs, OMI provides estimates of the amount of black carbon aerosol in the smoke layer. This method of detecting aerosols based on their interaction with UV rather than visible (rainbow) light allows OMI to measure absorption by black carbon in smoke even if the smoke is mixed with or floating above clouds. Measurements of how much radiation aerosols absorb are important for scientists trying to calculate the net effect of aerosols on Earth's energy budget and climate. OMI was added to NASA's Aura satellite as part of a collaboration between the Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programs and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. The sensor tracks global ozone change and monitors aerosols and pollution in the atmosphere. NASA image and caption information courtesy the OMI Science Team.
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Numerous forest fires were burning in the Yukon Flats region of east-central Alaska in mid-June 2004. The fires are burning in the wake of an incredibly active week of lightning, with a record-breaking, single-day total of 8,500 strikes on June 14, followed by another 6,200 strikes the next day (according to local news reports). This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite shows some of the largest, most rapidly growing fires on June 20. Areas where MODIS detected fires are outlined in red. The two northernmost fires in the scene, the Pingo and Winter Trail Fires, are the largest of several lightning-caused fires that are being collectively called the Solstice Complex. The Pingo was estimated to be 20,350 acres as of June 20, and the Winter Trail was 11,040. The other fires pictured here are not part of the complex: Preacher Creek?20,000 acres, Edward Creek?5,300 acres, Fort Hamlin Hills?3,300 acres, Boundary?4,000 acres, and Wolf Creek?5,200. Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Thick smoke hung over eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada on June 27, 2004. The smoke is rising from several lightning-induced fires, which have been burning since mid-June. This image was captured by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ]) on the Orbview-2 satellite. Tan smoke colors the clouds over much of Alaska and down the coast of British Colombia. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over eastern Alaska and western Yukon Territory, Canada, on June 29, 2004, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this awesome image of dozens of large wildfires belching huge columns of smoke as forests went up in flames. Areas where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. A large number of the fires are burning in a region called the Yukon Flats, a vast floodplain of the northern reaches of the Yukon River. The flats are located between the Alaska Range Mountains to the south and the Brooks Range to the north, both of which are largely hidden by smoke in this scene. Many of these fires, including the 200,000-plus-acre Solstice Complex Fire located north of the "hump" in the Yukon River, were triggered during several days of extreme lightning activity. Small-scale evacuations occurred in some small towns and villages in the region, and sections of the Alaska Highway have been closed off and on. Reports from the Alaska Fire Service on June 29 indicated there were 57 large fires burning in the state. So far this season, 327 fires have affected nearly 840,000 acres. Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Thick smoke covered much of central Alaska on June 30, 2004, when the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS [ http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html ]) on the Orbview-2 satellite captured this image. The tan smoke is being swept west over the Bering Strait and into Russia. The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued an air quality alert for over 80,000 people in Alaska's interior, north of the Alaskan range. In the center of the affected region is the city of Fairbanks, where the air quality has received a "hazardous" rating—the most serious level on the EPA's six point air quality index. At such levels, visibilities are one-half mile or less, and residents are urged to remain indoors. For more information, please visit the EPA's AIRNow [ http://www.epa.gov/airnow/topstory.html ] site. Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Intense fires in eastern Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory are spreading smoke across much of northern Canada. These image, taken by NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer [ http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TOMS) on June 25-27, 2004, show the progression of the smoke east over three days. TOMS measures the relative amount of solid or liquid particles, aerosols, suspended in the atmosphere. Here, red pixels show the high aerosol concentrations associated with smoke. Lighter aerosol concentrations are represented by yellow and green. NASA images courtesy Dr. Jay Herman, TOMS Science Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Intense fires in eastern Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory are spreading smoke across much of northern Canada. These image, taken by NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer [ http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TOMS) on June 25-27, 2004, show the progression of the smoke east over three days. TOMS measures the relative amount of solid or liquid particles, aerosols, suspended in the atmosphere. Here, red pixels show the high aerosol concentrations associated with smoke. Lighter aerosol concentrations are represented by yellow and green. NASA images courtesy Dr. Jay Herman, TOMS Science Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Intense fires in eastern Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory are spreading smoke across much of northern Canada. These image, taken by NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer [ http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TOMS) on June 25-27, 2004, show the progression of the smoke east over three days. TOMS measures the relative amount of solid or liquid particles, aerosols, suspended in the atmosphere. Here, red pixels show the high aerosol concentrations associated with smoke. Lighter aerosol concentrations are represented by yellow and green. NASA images courtesy Dr. Jay Herman, TOMS Science Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Intense fires in eastern Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory are spreading smoke across much of northern Canada. These image, taken by NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer [ http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ] (TOMS) on June 25-27, 2004, show the progression of the smoke east over three days. TOMS measures the relative amount of solid or liquid particles, aerosols, suspended in the atmosphere. Here, red pixels show the high aerosol concentrations associated with smoke. Lighter aerosol concentrations are represented by yellow and green. NASA images courtesy Dr. Jay Herman, TOMS Science Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Numerous lightning-ignited fires have been burning in east-central Alaska since mid-June 2004. The carbon monoxide generated by the fires is blowing south over western Canada and the northwestern United States, as shown by this image, which is based on a composite of data collected over a 10 day period, from June 14 to June 24, 2004, by the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument aboard NASA's Terra [ http://terra.nasa.gov/ ] satellite. The colors represent the mixing ratio of carbon monoxide in parts per billion by volume (ppbv) at an altitude of roughly 3 km (700 mbar). Red and yellow indicate high levels of pollution. NASA image created from data provided by the NCAR MOPITT Team
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Extreme fire behavior in Alaska continued across the turning of the calendar from June to July 2004. Yellowish-gray smoke hung over much of the state, while fires (locations outlined in red) continued to grow across the landscape. Many of these blazes have been burning since mid-June, triggered by a few days of record-breaking lightning. Hot, dry, and windy conditions since then have pushed fire behavior to extreme levels at many locations. The Boundary Fire, north of Fairbanks, was spreading at a rate of 3 miles an hour on July 1, and at times firefighters reported that flame lengths were as long as 30 feet. This image was captured on July 1 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA?s Terra satellite. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Fires In Alaska and Northern …
Title Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description Huge, smoky fires continued to burn throughout east-central Alaska on June 24, 2004. Most of the blazes were triggered by lightning around June 14 and 15, when a record-breaking 8,500 strikes reportedly hit the state in just 24 hours. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite shows the region alight with fires that are billowing large amounts of smoke, which hangs over the Yukon Territory, Canada, at image right. Areas where MODIS detected active fires are outlined in red. At the top of the scene are the Pingo (top) and Winter Trail (to the southeast) Fires, each of which was more than 50,000 acres as of June 24. Along the Tanana River in the lower part of the scene, the Billy Creek Fire (to the south of image center) is creating a massive smoke plume. To the southeast of the Billy Creek Fire, the Porcupine Fire is giving off a smaller, but nonetheless impressive column of smoke. Image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
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