NASA: It is happening now - Está sucediendo ahora - 06-08-10 - Bull Fire in California - Fires in Eastern Siberia - Smoke from Fires in Canada

Bull Fire in California

The Bull Fire was nearly contained when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this false-color image on August 1, 2010. The fire had been burning through grass, brush, oak, and pine along the southern boundary of the Sequoia National Forest. The image shows the challenge the terrain posed to firefighters. Steep slopes surround the Kern River Valley where the fire burned. By August 2, when the fire was 95 percent contained, the Bull Fire had burned 16,442 acres.

The freshly burned land is charcoal black in this image. Unburned vegetation is red, and bare or sparsely vegetated ground is light tan. The fire burned both east and west of the Kern River. It also surrounded Riverkern, a small community along the banks of the river. The light reflected off buildings and paved surfaces gives these areas a silver-blue color in the image.

1. Reference

2. InciWeb. (2010, August 2). Bull Fire. Accessed August 2, 2010.

NASA image courtesy NASA/GSFC/MITI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Instrument: 

Terra - ASTER

Fires in Eastern Siberia

Intense fires continued to burn in the boreal forests of eastern Siberia on August 1, 2010. The fires are outlined in red in this image, acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. The fires span the borders of Russia’s Chukotskiy, Magadan, and Koryakskiy provinces.

Burning in coniferous (evergreen) forests, the fires blanketed northeastern Siberia with thick brown smoke. The smoke hugs the ground near the fires, filling valleys, and soars over clouds farther away from the flames. On August 1, the smoke flowed north from the fires and over the Arctic Ocean. A wide view of the Arctic shows the smoke crossing the Bering Strait and clouding skies over northern Alaska.

The large image is the highest-resolution version of the image. The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Instrument: 

Aqua - MODIS

Smoke from Fires in Canada

A ribbon of smoke snaked east across western Canada on August 2, 2010, clouding skies over Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and the Hudson Bay. On August 2, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center reported 1,015 fires burning in Canada, most of which were ignited by lightning. This smoke is probably coming from large fires in northern Saskatchewan.

As of July 28, more than two million hectares of land had burned in Canada during 2010, nearly twice the 10-year average, said Natural Resources Canada. For the week of July 28, most of the area burned was in Saskatchewan and Northwest Territories, and on August 2, several fires were detected in Saskatchewan. Additional large fires were burning in British Columbia, and these fires may also have contributed to the smoke.

Smoke from forest fires can travel long distances. Smoke contains small particles, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and other ozone-producing gases, all of which can cause respiratory problems.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image on August 2, 2010. The highest-resolution version of the image is the large image provided on the Earth Observatory, but the image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.

1. References

2. AIRNow. How smoke from fires can affect your health. Accessed August 3, 2010.
3. Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center Inc. (2010, August 2). National wildland fire situation report, August 2, 2010, 15:00 hours. Accessed August 3, 2010.
4. Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. (2010, August 2). Fire M3 Hotspots. Natural Resources Canada. Accessed August 3, 2010.
5. Natural Resources Canada. (2010, July 28). National wildland fire situation report, current as of July 28, 2010. Accessed August 3, 2010.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Instrument: 

Terra - MODIS

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NASA: It is happening now - Está sucediendo ahora - 06-08-10 - Bull Fire in California - Fires in Eastern Siberia - Smoke from Fires in Canada