EnvirocastTM TV for Friday, August 15, 2003

Wildfires in the Rockies

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The images to the right were taken by the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Terra satellite.  They show wildfires in the Rocky Mountains on August 14, 2003.

Photos taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station showing some of those fires are also provided (see below).

NOTE: Credit for use of the astronaut photographs below should include "Courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center" or similar.

Fires in Montana (August 2, 2003) -- taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station (Film No. ISS007E11605)

(Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)

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Fires in Alberta, Canada (August 2, 2003) -- taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station (Film No. ISS007E11613)

(Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center)

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Environmental Impacts:

  • The worst forest fires in 50 years raged over a wide area of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia after ravaging more than 54,000 hectares (133,000 acres) and destroying dozens of homes.
     

  • Firefighters set backfires on Wednesday to try to keep a massive wildfire in Glacier National Park from burning a historic lodge and private homes.

  • The National Interagency Fire Center reported Wednesday that 57 large fires were burning in the West. Wildfires have scorched 2.11 million acres so far this season, still below the 2.96 million acres of an average season to this date.

 
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Image NTSC 640x480 030815_01_tvb.jpg shows wildfires in the Rocky Mountains on August 14, 2003, with annotations.
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