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July
19, 2007
NASA SATELLITE CAPTURES IMAGE OF
OREGON WILDFIRES
Strong winds are fueling Oregon’s
Egley Complex
and Monument Complex wildfires, seen in an image captured by the
Moderate
Resolution Image Spectrometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra
satellite on July 16,
2007.
There are currently 15 large wildfires burning in Oregon,
biggest of which is the Egley Complex Fire, according to the National
Interagency
Fire Center.
The Egley Fire has singed more than 130,000 acres, or 200 square miles,
in the
remote county
of Harney,
in the eastern part of the
state. As of July 18, this blaze was 55 percent contained.
The Monument Complex Fire is burning in the Umatilla National Forrest,
also in
eastern Oregon.
The National
Interagency
Fire Center
reports that this
blaze was up to almost 27,000 acres and only five percent contained, as
of July
18.
Hot, dry conditions have sparked numerous wildfires throughout the
western United States
in the past weeks. However, fire officials in Oregon are
expecting some relief in the form
of rain within the next few days.
For
the high-resolution
image, visit:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14386
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Contact:
Sarah L.
DeWitt
Goddard Space Flight Center
Sarah.L.DeWitt@nasa.gov
This
text is derived from:
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/ore_fires.html
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