Fires in Western Canada

  • Credit

    Image courtesy Space Imaging.

Dozens of fires were filling the skies over British Columbia with smoke on August 21, 2003.

On July 31, 2003, Ikonos captured this high-resolution image of southwestern British Columbia?s Chilko Lake Fire still smoldering. Surrounded by a large purplish-gray burned area, an isolated area of green vegetation (center) is harboring several actively burning areas, from which smoke plumes drift eastward.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    IKONOS/IKONOS

  • Start Date

    2003-07-31

  • Event Start Date

    2003-08-03

  • NH Image ID

    11159

  • NH Event ID

    9622

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-08-13