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Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec

Early in the morning on July 6, 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using VIIRS Day-Night Band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published July 10, 2013
Data acquired July 4 - 6, 2013

Source:: Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: Earth at Night