Satellite Photos: Wildfires From Space, June 2012

By Space.com Staff
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High Park Fire, Colorado

Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response

On June 18, 2012 the light brown colored smoke and the heat signatures from the High Park Fire in Colorado were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies onboard NASA's Aqua satellite.

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