False color image of Apple Fire by Aqua (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

False color image of Apple Fire by Aqua

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In this image the corrected reflectance bands help distinguish the areas of the ground that have been burned. This combination of bands is most useful for distinguishing burn scars from naturally low vegetation or bare soil and enhancing floods. It can also be used to distinguish snow and ice from clouds.

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