Fires in Florida

Credit: Credit: Jacques Descloitres; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Monday, 15 March 2004, 06:00 CST Download full size image

The Aqua MODIS instrument captured this image of the Impassable One fire as swept through 38,000 acres of timber and swamp land in the Osceola National Forest in northeast Florida. The fire began as a prescribed burn on March 2, but slipped out of control, growing under windy conditions on March 6 and 7. On March 9, when this true-color image was acquired, about 30 families in Taylor, Florida were forced to evacuate briefly before rains staunched the fire’s progress. As of March 10, 38,000 acres had burned, and the fire was 20 percent contained.

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