Zaca Wildfire, Southern California
Zaca Wildfire, Southern California
10 August 2007
In early August 2007, the month-old Zaca Fire in Southern California was racing over the hilly terrain along the southwest margin of the Los Padres National Forest. Started accidentally on private ranch land near the forest in early July, the fire quickly got out of control in the hot, dry, windy conditions the area was experiencing in summer 2007. As of8 August, the fire had burned an estimated 72,050 acres and was about 68 percentcontained.
ASTER – Terra
7 August 2007
This image of the fire was captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA Terra satellite on 7 August. Unburned vegetation appearsgreen, while the burned area appears charcoal-colored. Smoke hangs over the area.
(source: EarthObservatory)
