California’s December Inferno

The Thomas fire has set new records while ravaging several communities.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and ASTER GDEM data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 24, 2017
Data acquired December 18, 2017

Sources:

Landsat 8 > OLI

Terra > ASTER