August 28, 2013
Image of the Day: Satellite view of Rim fire entering Yosemite Valley, 26 August 2013
By Adam Voiland
27 August 2013 (NASA) – On 26 August 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the Rim fire burning in and near Yosemite National Park. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fire.
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