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Fire, Colorado

Earth Science Division Editorial Team

May 28, 2013
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Sparked by lightning on June 9, 2012, the High Park Fire burned more than 87,000 acres near and in Roosevelt National Forest, just west of Fort Collins, Colorado. One person was killed and at least 259 homes were destroyed. High temperatures and strong winds hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze, which was the second largest in Colorado history. Images taken by the Thematic Mapper sensor onboard Landsat 5 and the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus onboard Landsat 7. Sources: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery "High Park Fire, Colorado – June 2012," U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA, and denverpost.com.
Sparked by lightning on June 9, 2012, the High Park Fire burned more than 87,000 acres near and in Roosevelt National Forest, just west of Fort Collins, Colorado. One person was killed and at least 259 homes were destroyed. High temperatures and strong winds hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze, which was the second largest in Colorado history. Images taken by the Thematic Mapper sensor onboard Landsat 5 and the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus onboard Landsat 7. Sources: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery "High Park Fire, Colorado – June 2012," U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA, and denverpost.com.

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Fire, Colorado

June 8, 2011 - June 18, 2012

Sparked by lightning on June 9, 2012, the High Park Fire burned more than 87,000 acres near and in Roosevelt National Forest, just west of Fort Collins, Colorado. One person was killed and at least 259 homes were destroyed. High temperatures and strong winds hampered efforts to extinguish the blaze, which was the second largest in Colorado history. Images taken by the Thematic Mapper sensor onboard Landsat 5 and the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus onboard Landsat 7. Sources: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Missions Gallery "High Park Fire, Colorado – June 2012," U.S. Department of the Interior / USGS and NASA, and denverpost.com.

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