Fires in Southeast United States
February 19, 2013
According to reports from the Southern Area Fire Coordination Center of the USDA Forest Service, a mixture of prescribed fires and wildfires was burning across the southern United States on February 12, 2003. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on Feb. 12 shows the active fires marked with red dots.
Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Environment, Earth, Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Aqua, Wildfire
