Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related image preview

2000 x 2000
626 KB - JPEG

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related geotiff image preview placeholder

2 MB - GeoTIFF

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related image preview

2000 x 2000
634 KB - JPEG

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related geotiff image preview placeholder

2 MB - GeoTIFF

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related kml preview placeholder

98 KB - KML/KMZ

Train Derailment and Fire, Lac Mégantic, Quebec - related image preview

JPEG

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.


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