Heat Fuels Fire at Fort McMurray

Unusually warm temperatures were part of the fire weather that spurred flames to spread through Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen using data from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LPDAAC). Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published May 7, 2016
Data acquired April 26 - May 3, 2016

Sources:

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Terra > MODIS