McNalley and Pines Fires in California

  • Credit

    This image was acquired on an expedited basis as part of NASA Wildfire Response Team activities. Image courtesy Mike Abrams, Simon Hook, and the ASTER team at EROS Data Center DAAC.

In late July and August 2002, the McNalley Fire in Sequoia National Forest and the Pines Fire near San Diego consumed over a hundred thousand acres in California

This image of the McNalley Fire in southern California was acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on the Terra satellite on August 11, 2002. The visualization uses ASTER?s 30-meter-resolution, short-wave infrared bands to minimize smoke contamination and enhance the burn scar, which appears purple amid green vegetation. Note the actively burning front on the northern perimeter of the fire, which appears very light purple around the margins. The McNalley Fire started on July 21 and has burned over 133,000 acres. As of August 15, 2002, the fire was 75 percent contained.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/ASTER

  • Start Date

    2002-08-11

  • Event Start Date

    2002-07-21

  • NH Image ID

    4692

  • NH Event ID

    4614

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-08-15