Fires in USA
Fires in USA
15 August 2007
Fires in Montana and Idaho
Columns of thick smoke unfurled from forest fires burning across Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming and spread eastward across the plains at the foothills of the Northern Rocky Mountain on13 August 2007. This image of area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite at 2:00 p.m. local time (U.S. Mountain Daylight Time). Locations where the sensor detected active fire are outlined in red. Fires are especially active in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area south of Idahos Salmon River. Gray-brown smoke cuts a diagonal swath across the center of the image. Smoke from these fires has been crossing the United States off and on throughout August, degrading air quality as far away as the EastCoast.
AQUA
13 August 2007
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters perpixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
See also following news reporst from the media:
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Western wildfires cast haze on parts of South Dakota (published by www.rapidcityjournal.com, 11 August 2007)
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Saskatchewan Firefighters Off to Montana (published by www.paherald.sk.ca, 10 August 2007)
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Zaca wildfire continues to grow (published by www.disasternews.net, 10 August 2007)
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Evacuees flee forest fires in Montana (published by www.chicagotribune.com, 10 August 2007)
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Mont. Tourist Town Warily Eyes Wildfire (published by www.forbes.com, 8 August 2007)
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Santa Barbara Firefighting Costs Top $54 Million (published by www.ens-newswire.com, 7 August 2007)
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Wildfires Burning in Montana (published by www.desastres.org, 7 August 2007)