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This NASA "Looking at Earth" webpage shows several satellite images of the October 2007 wildfires in Southern California.  Several images illustrate how infrared penetrates the smoke to reveal the fires below. Text provides further information about each image.
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Astronomy
- Instrumentation
= Infrared Astronomy
- Solar System
= Earth
Other Sciences
- Environmental Science
- Geoscience
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Event
= News
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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image credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response; image source This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from November 1, 2007 until November 16, 2007. View the feature here!


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Keywords:
forest fire, image, image gallery, imagery, infrared, satellite, thermal, weather, wildfire
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created October 27, 2007 by Ann Deml
Record Updated:
May 22, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
October 26, 2007
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AIP Format
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington), WWW Document, (https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
NASA Images of California Wildfires (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington), <https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html>.
APA Format
NASA Images of California Wildfires. (2007, October 26). Retrieved March 19, 2024, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html
Chicago Format
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Images of California Wildfires. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, October 26, 2007. https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html (accessed 19 March 2024).
MLA Format
NASA Images of California Wildfires. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 26 Oct. 2007. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {NASA Images of California Wildfires}, Publisher = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {19 March 2024}, Month = {October 26, 2007}, Year = {} }
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