Fires in Hawaii
Fires in Hawaii
31 January 2007
Forest Fire on Maui
In the last week of January 2007, a forest fire burned on the Hawaiian islandof Maui, scorching several hundred acres of state park land and forest reservesbefore it was contained. This image from January 26 from the Moderate ResolutionImaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onNASAs Terra satellite shows the fire (locationmarked in red) casting a long plume of smoke westward over the Pacific Ocean.According to news reports, the cause of the fire was not known.
TERRA
26 January 2007
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of250 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
Latest MODIS image:
This satellite image shows a plume of smoke coming from a brushand grassland fire near Waikola, Hawaii that has spread across 300 acres of landsince tuesday. Also very visible is the lava flow from the Pu’u’O’o vent of theKilauea volcano.
(source: OSEI)
The current situation in Hawaii is also covered by detailed media reports(see GFMC Media web page):
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Maui forest fire expands to 600 acres (published by starbulletin.com, 27 January 2007)
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Polipoli forest reserve blaze still burning (published by www.mauinews.com, 27 January 2007)
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Maui fire threatens four plant species (published by www.honoluluadvertiser.com, 26 January 2007)
