Smoke over the Pacific Northwest - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

Smoke over the Pacific Northwest - related image preview

4000 x 3000
3 MB - JPEG

Smoke over the Pacific Northwest - related image preview

JPEG

Smoke over the Pacific Northwest

Acquired August 19, 2009, this true-color image shows thick smoke from fires in southern British Columbia clouding skies over Vancouver, Seattle, and Spokane. The image also shows a dramatic transition in land cover between eastern and western Washington.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published August 21, 2009
Data acquired August 19, 2009

Source:
Aqua > MODIS