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Carstens Fire, California

June 17, 2013

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On June 17, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the Carstens fire burning southwest of California’s Yosemite National Park. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires.

  1. Further Reading

  2. CNN (2013, June 18) Fast-moving wildfire threatens hundreds of homes near Yosemite. Accessed June 19, 2013.
  3. Los Angeles Times (2013, June 18) 700 residents allowed back to homes near Yosemite-area wildfire. Accessed June 19, 2013.

NASA images courtesy LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

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