Fires and smoke in Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia

Dozens of large fires were burning across British Columbia (top left), Montana (bottom right), and Idaho (bottom center) on August 21, 2003. Hundreds of are already evacuated, and thousands more are on alert. Thick smoke chokes the skies and the fires are spreading rapidly through the forested terrain. This image of the fires, marked with yellow dots, was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite on August 21.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 22, 2003
Data acquired August 21 - 21, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response