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Fires near Pyramid Lake and Reno, Nevada

This true-color MODIS image of a large portion of Nevada (right) and California (left) shows a fire (red dot) burning on the western edge of Pyramid Lake, which is located just right of the image's center. To the southwest of Pyramid Lake, straddling the border of Nevada and California, is Lake Tahoe.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC

Published May 27, 2001
Data acquired May 27, 2001

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topic:
Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning
Collection:
Visible Earth