NASA Sees Smoke from California’s Detwiler Fire (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA Sees Smoke from California’s Detwiler Fire

Caption

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a large area of smoke from the Detwiler Wildfire that was affecting Yosemite National Park.

The Detwiler fire began on July 17, east of Lake McClure in Mariposa County, California. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured a large area of smoke from the fire that was affecting Yosemite National Park.

This natural-color satellite image was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument that flies aboard the Aqua satellite. The image, taken July 20, showed actively burning areas in red, as detected by MODIS’s thermal bands.

Credit

NASA image courtesy NASA MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption: NASA/Goddard, Rob Gutro

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