California Wildfires, 2014
With most of California in the grips of an unusually severe drought, fire is a constant danger. A total of 4,172 fires burned 83,282 acres (33,703 hectares) in the first half of 2014. For comparison, during the previous five seasons, an average of 3,198 fires burned 57,444 acres (23,247 hectares) by mid-August, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection statistics. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of wildfire activity in California on August 24, 2014. Black outlines indicate state borders. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires, including the Man Fire, the Happy Camp Complex and July Complex fires.
Size: 2272px × 2940px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 2014, aerial, air, ash, california, change, climate, coast, coastal, disaster, drought, dry, earth, environmental, fire, forest, geographical, geography, global, image, imagery, landscape, modis, natural, observation, ocean, pacific, photo, photograph, photography, plume, pollution, satellite, season, smoke, space, states, topographical, topography, united, view, warm, warming, weather, west, wild, wildfire, wildfires, wind
