The Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) captured thistrue-color image of many large dust plumes blowing oceanward from BajaCalifornia, Mexico. At various places among the yellowish-brown dustplumes, whiter smoke plumes are also visible; including a small smokeplume (visible in the high-resolution image) comingfrom the Fallbrook, California, area.
The Fallbrook wildfire is located roughly 75 km (47 miles) due north ofSan Diego, and about 115 km (70 miles) due west of the Salton Sea.According to regional newspaper reports, the Fallbrook blaze has alreadyconsumed at least 40 structures, including a number of homes, andinjured 11 people. High winds are fanning the flames toward CampPendleton Marine Corps Base.
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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
