![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080924204928im_/http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//3833/Alaska.A2002149.2120.150x115.jpg)
Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Multiple large wildfires were detected by MODIS on May 29, 2002, in central Alaska. The area is drier than normal, and a rapid spring thaw exacerbated the problem. The fires in the northeast part of the image are close to the city of Fairbanks.
Metadata
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Sensor
Terra/MODIS -
Visualization Date
2002-06-02