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Data acquired October 28, 2007 5200 x 6000 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired October 28, 2007 4224 x 4000 45 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired March 3, 2008 5200 x 6000 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired March 5, 2008 4224 x 4000 43 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired May 17, 2008 5200 x 6000 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired May 17, 2008 4224 x 4000 41 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired October 28, 2007 - May 17, 2008 172 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired October 28, 2007 - May 17, 2008 JPEG
Data acquired October 28, 2007 - May 17, 2008 540 x 843 JPEG
In late October 2007, a firestorm exploded across southern California. Fueled by dry vegetation and powerful Santa Ana winds, California’s wildfires scorched nearly 30,000 acres (120 square kilometers) in the autumn of 2007. By March of the following year, the burned areas had re-grown with lush vegetation, but by May 2008, that vegetation had dried, providing potential fuel for another firestorm.
NASA images courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott. Thanks to Dr. Liam Gumley, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for identifying the green-up in MODIS Direct Broadcast Data published at MODIS Today.
Published June 4, 2008 Data acquired October 28, 2007 - May 17, 2008