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Using Satellites to Track the Tinder Fire

Measuring the height of a smoke plume is key to determining how far it might travel.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Using Satellites to Track the Tinder Fire.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MISR data courtesy of Abbey Nastan/NASA JPL. Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Abigail Nastan (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and Ralph Kahn (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center).

Published May 5, 2018
Data acquired April 29, 2018

Sources:: Landsat 8 > OLI; Terra > MISR