Fires in California

Several fast-moving wildfires have been nipping at the margins of Los Angeles in the third week of July 2004.

Several fast-moving wildfires have been nipping at the margins of Los Angeles in the third week of July 2004. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the Crown Fire on July 21, 2004. The area outlined in red shows the area in which MODIS detected actively burning fire. The Crown Fire had burned about 8,000 acres along the southern edge of the Mojave Desert in the Angeles National Forest as of July 21.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    ADEOS/ADEOS
  • Start Date

    2004-07-21
  • Event Start Date

    2004-07-13
  • NH Image ID

    12261
  • NH Event ID

    10422
  • NH Posting Date

    2004-07-22