NASA AIRS Image Shows Texas Fires Out of Lee's Reach (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA AIRS Image Shows Texas Fires Out of Lee's Reach

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This visible image was captured by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. It was taken on Sept. 6, 2011, at 3:23 p.m. EDT. Several plumes of smoke from the fires raging in Texas as visible in the lower center and left. The rounded mass of clouds on the right side are the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, which delivered only gusty winds to Texas and fanned the flames. Lee's rainfall remained to the east.

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NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

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