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Data acquired July 17, 2005 540 x 704 JPEG
Data acquired July 17, 2005 2072 x 1776 3 MB - JPEG
On July 17, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured a view of the forest fire (marked in red) in Spain northeast of Madrid that was responsible for the tragic death of 11 firefighters. The top image in this pair is a photo-like image, while the bottom image has been enhanced by including MODIS’ observations of infrared light. In the enhanced-color scene, vegetation is bright green, clouds are light blue, and the burned area is magenta. At the western perimeter of the fire, a small area of bright pink indicates areas that were actively flaming at the time.
NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
Published July 19, 2005 Data acquired July 17, 2005