Shekell Fire, California
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Friday, 15 December 2006, 08:13 CST Download full size image
A long plume of smoke from a wildfire in southern California crossed the Channel Islands and spread out over the Pacific Ocean on December 3, 2006. This image of the Shekell Fire was captured by the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite at 12:25 p.m. local (Pacific) time. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fire are outlined in red.
According to news reports, the fire was burning near the town of Moorpark, which is about 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) west of Simi Valley. The fire, which began early Sunday morning, had destroyed several homes, and burned about 9,700 acres as of Monday morning, December 4.
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