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Fires and smoke in Oregon

On August 20,2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of fires(marked with red outlines) in northwest Oregon. The northernmost fireis the Bear Butte Fire and the southern fire is the Booth Fire. At topcenter of the image, a gray patch marks the location of Portland alongthe Columbia River.


Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.

Published August 20, 2003
Data acquired August 20, 2003

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
Rapid Response Gallery
Visible Earth