Fires in southwestern United States

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

On Friday, June 24, 2005, fires spread in the desert Southwest. The fires, which have been marked in red, are sending dense plumes of smoke into the atmosphere. Unusually thick vegetation, a result of a wet winter, is fueling the fires, which are burning in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2005-06-24