June 22, 2013
On June 22, 2013, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured this false-color image of the East Peak fire burning in southern Colorado near Trinidad. Burned areas appear dark red, while actively burning areas look orange. Dark green areas are forests; light green areas are grasslands.
Lightning ignited the blaze on June 19, 2013. By June 25, it had burned nearly 13,500 acres (5,500 hectares).
References
- InciWeb (2013, June 24) East Peak. Accessed June 25, 2013.
Further Reading
- Denver Post (2013, June 23) East Peak gets a controlled burn from firefighter in Colorado. Accessed June 25, 2013.
References & Resources
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.
