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2024-06-08 12:00:00
June 8, 2002

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from June 8, 2002, shows several large Western wildfires (red dots). In Utah (center), there are the Big Wash (southern) and Sanford (northern) Fires. In Colorado (right), there is the Long Canyon Fire, and in New Mexico (bottom right), the Cherry Fire is visible.

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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