Fires in USA
Fires in the USA
16 July 2007
Milford Flat Fire, Utah
The largest fire in Utahs recorded history was around 329,000 acres as of11 July 2007, according to the morning report from the National Interagency FireCenter. In the previous 24 hours the fire grew nearly 18,000 acres. The blazewas racing through grass and brush, driven by wind gusts. Houses and businesses,a natural gas pipeline, and a geothermal power plant were threatened
This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite on 10 July. Places around the perimeter of the massive fire that wereactively burning are outlined in red. The burn scar itself appears dark browncompared to the tan color of the dry grasslands surrounding it.
TERRA
11 July 2007
Forests on the Wasatch Mountains (image right) are dull green, while drylakes and streams are white. A few scattered circles of green vegetation showfarmland watered by center-pivot irrigation. At lower right of the top image,the Colorado River carves through the salmon-colored rock of the ColoradoPlateau at Glen Canyon.
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of250 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
Fires in Oregon
Having grown 17,000 acres in the preceding 24 hours, Oregons EgleyComplex Fire was estimated to be 35,000 acres as of 11 July, 2007, according tothe morning report from the National Interagency Fire Center. Consisting of sixfires, the complex was exhibiting extreme fire behavior, and had causedintermittent road closures and evacuations.
This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terrasatellite on 10 July. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire areoutlined in red. Smoke pools over the basin. Irrigated areas appear bright green,while natural vegetation on the mountains appears duller green.
TERRA
11 July 2007
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of250 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
Black Pine 2 Fire, Idaho
East of the Raft River in southern Idaho, the Black Pine 2 Fire had scorchedmore than 50,000 acres of grassland, brush, and juniper as of 11 July, 2007,according to the morning report from the National Interagency Fire Center.
This image of the fire was captured by the Moderate Resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terrasatellite on 10 July.
TERRA
11 July 2007
The area in which MODIS detected actively burning fire is outlined in red.Smoke spreads east and mingles with clouds. The burned area appears a deep brownagainst the tan color of the grasslands and the dull green of forests onmountain slopes. Green circles that line the Raft River and tributaries arefields watered with a center-pivot irrigation system. At the top of the image isLake Walcott, which is on the Snake River.
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of250 meters per pixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
