Southern California Burning (IMAGE)

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Southern California Burning

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These are smoke plumes from southern California wildfires billowing out over the Pacific ocean. The red outlines indicate active fires. These wildfires spread over a two-week period in October 2007, burning more than 500,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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Image courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project at NASA/GSFC.

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