Fires and smoke in Alaska and Yukon Territory

Cloud-free skies over much of central Alaska on July 25, 2005, revealed dozens of fires burning in the state’s interior. As of July 26, 2005, the Alaska Fire Service estimated that more than 1,400,000 acres had burned across the state. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was captured by the Aqua satellite on July 25, and active fire locations that MODIS detected are marked in red. Dense plumes of smoke rise from the fires and combine into a large plume that is curving north over the Chukchi Sea.

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published July 26, 2005
Data acquired July 25, 2005

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Aqua > MODIS