NASA image: Rough fire in Southern California
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 07:40
in Earth & Climate
Wildfires in the western states have been continuous this summer season. This natural-color satellite image, collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on August 30, 2015, is of the Rough Fire just west of Kings Canyon National Park and north of the town of Hume. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined in red.