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Data acquired August 19 - 19, 2003 1100 x 850 195 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 19 - 19, 2003 2200 x 1700 696 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 19 - 19, 2003 4400 x 3400 2 MB - JPEG
Beginning on August 1, 2003, dozens of large fires were burning across western North America in Canada (top half of images) and the United States (bottom half). Huge plumes of smoke were streaming northeastward from massive fires in Canada’s British Columbia (left) and Alberta (right) provinces, while across the international border, fires were burning in (left to right) Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This series of images was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite and Terra satellites.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published August 22, 2003 Data acquired August 19 - 19, 2003