Thursday, June 16, 2011

NASA view of Wallow North and Horseshoe 2 fires

This image and description from NASA: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite acquired this image of the fires on June 15, 2011 at 20:30 UTC (4:30 p.m. EDT). Active fire areas appear as red dots, and smoke rises from the most intensely burning areas.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Melissa Quijada.