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Data acquired August 23, 2000 2 MB - MOV
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Data acquired August 23, 2000 20 MB - MOV
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This visible light/infrared composite image over Montana and Idaho was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Aug. 23. The image shows the locations of actively burning wildfires (red pixels) and the thick shroud of smoke they produced (grey-blue pixels). There were 57 wildfires burning across both states. A single MODIS image can be up to 2,330 kilometers wide, allowing fire scientists to monitor a much larger area than can be covered on the ground or by aircraft. Also, because MODIS has detectors that are sensitive to thermal infrared wavelengths of 3.70 and 3.90 micrometers, it can detect fires on the surface even through heavy smoke.
MODIS Science Team, Reto Stockli, and Scientific Visualization Studio NASA GSFC
Published September 12, 2000 Data acquired August 23, 2000