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Fires Threaten Christchurch

In mid-February 2017, wildfires near Christchurch, New Zealand, spurred the evacuation of more than 1,000 residents.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017) processed by the European Space Agency. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published February 18, 2017
Data acquired February 13 - 15, 2017

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Sentinel-2
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response