Fires Continue to Rage in the Southeast

Satellites captured imagery of fires burning near Gatlinburg during the day and night.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fires Continue to Rage in the Southeast.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and 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 November 30, 2016
Data acquired November 22 - 29, 2016

Sources:: Suomi NPP > VIIRS; Terra > MODIS