Fires in Spain
Fires inSpain
22 July 2005
On July 17, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite captured a view of the forest fire (marked in red) in Spain northeast of Madrid that was responsible for the tragic death of 11 firefighters.
TERRA
17 July 2005
Click on scene for a 250m resolution
(source: EarthObservatory)
The top image in this pair is a photo-like image, while the bottom image has been enhanced by includingMODIS observations of infrared light. In the enhanced-color scene, vegetation is brightgreen, clouds are light blue, and the burned area is magenta. At the western perimeter of thefire, a small area of bright pink indicates areas that were actively flaming at the time.
For moredetails on fires in Spain:
- Recent news from the Media
- Statistical database for Spain
