Satellite Image of Rim Fire (IMAGE)

U.S. Geological Survey

Satellite Image of Rim Fire

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A recent image from the Landsat 8 satellite in the vicinity of Yosemite National Park, California, during the Rim Fire (August 31). Started on August 17, the Rim Fire had burned over 219,000 acres by August 31 (an area nearly 15 times the size of Manhattan Island). Image is false-colored using bands 6, 5, 4 to allow identification of critical vegetation and fuels information that will help firefighters and emergency managers. In the image fire appears bright red, vegetation is green, smoke is blue, clouds are white, and bare ground is tan-colored.

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<a target="_blank" href="http://eros.usgs.gov/views-news/rim-fire">http://eros.usgs.gov/views-news/rim-fire</a> Landsat 8, USGS, NASA

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