Aqua Spots Rim Fire (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Aqua Spots Rim Fire

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NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS, instrument on Sept. 5, 2013. 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://www.Inciweb.org">Inciweb.org</a> and Reuters.

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