Rim Fire Update Sept. 02, 2013 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Rim Fire Update Sept. 02, 2013

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The Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park, which began on Aug. 17, 2013, is now the fourth largest fire in California's history.

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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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