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07.11.08



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The Autonomous Modular Scanner carried aboard NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft captured this image of the Gap Fire in Santa Barbara County, Calif., on July, 8 2008, at 3:45 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The yellow areas depict actively burning areas. The red, pink and blue tones map out burned areas. Multiple Calif. state agencies distributed the information to fire officials minutes after collection for analysis of new fire locations and fire size. All new fires are within the fire perimeter. Credit: NASA/Google



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Fires over the American River Fire Complex in Placer County, Calif., are seen as taken by the Automous Modular Scanner wildfire scanner onboard the Ikhana unmanned aircraft, July 8, 2008, at 10:40 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The yellow areas depict active fire areas. The image provides officials with not only fire information but also vegetation type and burned-area information. Credit: NASA/Google



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New actively burning areas are seen in yellow from above the American River Fire Complex in Placer County, Calif. as captured by NASA’s Autonomous Modular Sensor (AMS) onboard the Ikhana remotely-operated aircraft on July 8, 2008. Known fire perimeters are indicated in orange, red and green. Many active fire areas are also outside the known perimeter. Credit: NASA/Google



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NASA’s Autonomous Modular Scanner, onboard the Ikhana remotely-operated aircraft, captured fires over the Basin Fire Complex in Monterey County, Calif. on July 8, 2008, at 2:40 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The image has been overlaid onto terrain data within Google Earth to provide additional information to the fire managers on the effects of terrain on fire behavior. The yellow areas depict active fire areas with reds and purples showing burned over areas. Credit: NASA/Google



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NASA’s Autonomous Modular Sensor onboard the Ikhana unmanned aircraft mapped new actively burning areas over the Basin Fire Complex in Monterey County, Calif. on July 8, 2008 as seen here in yellow. Known fire perimeters are seen in green, purple, blues and reds. Multiple Calif. state agencies distributed the information to fire fighting officials within minutes of collection enabling near real-time tactical decision making. Credit: NASA/Google

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A ground crewman unplugs electrical connections during pre-flight checks of NASA's Ikhana research aircraft on July 2, 2008. Ikhana's payload pod is mounted on the left wing. Credit: NASA/Tony Landis


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Ground crewmen prepare NASA's Ikhana remotely piloted research aircraft for a flight on July 2, 2008. Ikhana's infrared imaging sensor pod is visible under the left wing. Credit: NASA/Tony Landis

07.10.08

Gap Fire in Infrared


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An infrared image of the Gap Fire, north of Santa Barbara, Calif., captured by NASA's Autonomous Modular Scanner from the Ikhana unmanned aircraft on July 8. The city can be seen in the lower right of the image. The hot spots of the fire are visible in the middle of the image. They appear as yellow pixels in the center of the pink region. Credit: NASA/Google