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Night View of Western Wildfires

An instrument on Suomi NPP captured these unique views of fires burning in the United States.


NASA image by Jesse Allen, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, NOAA and the Department of Defense. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published August 17, 2012
Data acquired August 17, 2012

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS