Terra Sees the Rim Fire Aug. 29, 2013 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Terra Sees the Rim Fire Aug. 29, 2013

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Slowly but surely, the Rim Fire in California is being contained. Currently it is 30 percent contained. The fire has burned over 192,000 acres. The use of aircraft and water/chemical dumping on the fire has been instrumental in slowing/stopping blazes.

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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner with information from <a target="_blank" href="http://Inciweb.org">Inciweb.org</a>

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