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Images & Animations
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Credit
<P> Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch.</P> <P> <IMG SRC="/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/usgs_logo.gif" WIDTH=167 HEIGHT=62 HSPACE=0 VSPACE=0 BORDER=0> </P>
Several large wildfires burned out of control in Oregon through most of July and into August 2002, while there was also fire activity in Washington and California.
On Wednesday, August 7, 2002, two large Oregon fires merged into a single massive fire of more than 333,000 acres. In southwest Oregon, the Sour Biscuit fire on the Oregon-California state line, and the larger Florence Fire to its north closed the gap between them and created an enormous blaze that retained the name Biscuit Fire. This image of the fires and thick smoke was captured by the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus on August 14, 2002.
Metadata
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Sensor
Landsat 7/ETM+ -
Start Date
2002-08-14 -
Event Start Date
2002-07-13 -
NH Image ID
4705 -
NH Event ID
4123 -
NH Posting Date
2002-08-23