Wildfires in California

This MODIS true-color image shows fire burning west of Lake Tahoe in California. Additional fires are burning to the south in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA/GSFC

Published August 27, 2001
Data acquired August 27, 2001

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning

Collection:

Visible Earth