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Studying the Sherpa Fire

As the Sherpa fire charred thousands of acres west of Santa Barbara in June 2016, NASA’s DC-8 flew over and sampled the fire’s smoke.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Photograph by Mark Nunez, Air Attack 07. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published July 2, 2016
Data acquired June 19, 2016

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Terra > ASTER