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Fire Races Across Gran Canaria

The fire is tearing through pine forests in mountainous terrain on the second most populous of the Canary Islands.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from the Level 1 and Atmospheres Active Distribution System (LAADS) and Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE), and VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 20, 2019
Data acquired August 14 - 19, 2019

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Earth at Night