Fires and smoke across Alaska and Northern Canada

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

On August 17, 2004, fires (red dots) burned across Alaska and northern Canada, spreading smoke across thousands of square kilometers. The fire season in Alaska has been very active since mid-June when record-breaking numbers of lightning strikes touched off scores of fires over several days. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite spans Alaska (left), Northwest Territories (right), and British Columbia (bottom right). At lower left is the Gulf of Alaska.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2004-08-18