Carlton Fire Complex, Washington -- July 22, 2014 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Carlton Fire Complex, Washington -- July 22, 2014

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The natural-color image above was taken on July 21, 2014 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS, instrument on July 21, 2014 aboard the NASA's Aqua satellite. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS's thermal bands, are outlined in red.

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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.nwcg.gov/">inciweb.org</a>

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