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Data acquired November 25 - 25, 2002 800 x 600 129 KB - JPEG
Data acquired November 25 - 25, 2002 1600 x 1200 466 KB - JPEG
Data acquired November 25 - 25, 2002 3200 x 2400 1 MB - JPEG
Late fall is often a perfect time for controlled or prescribed fires on public lands in the Pacific Northwest. Vegetation growth has slowed and rains and snows have increased, minimizing the danger for out-of-control spreading. Also, the coming winter snowpack means a protective ground covering that reduces erosion. This pair of true- and false-color images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on the Terra (top) and Aqua (bottom) satellites shows a handful of fires (red dots) in Oregon in the morning (Terra) and afternoon (Aqua) of November 25, 2002. Many of these fires are likely part of a prescribed burning plan for the state’s lands.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published November 26, 2002 Data acquired November 25 - 25, 2002