SeaWiFS: California Wild Fires

  • Released Tuesday, February 12, 2002
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NASA's Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View sensor (SeaWiFS) captured this striking image of large dust and smoke plumes blowing from Baja, California, February 10, 2002.

Here and there amongst the yellowish brown dust plumes, whiter smoke plumes are also visible, including a smaller one that appears to be coming from the Fallbrook, California area. Eleven people were injured and over thirty homes were destroyed in the town.SeaWiFS captured this image of numerous large dust plumes blowing oceanward from Baja California, Mexico.

From space, the yellowish brown dust plumes and whiter smoke plumes are visible. SeaWiFS keeps a ever vigal eye on the Earth, but not only does it see smoke, fires, and vegetation, it also sees the ever changing oceans. Please take a few minutes and see the wonder of what is our home, Earth.

From space, the yellowish brown dust plumes and whiter smoke plumes are visible. SeaWiFS keeps a ever vigal eye on the Earth, but not only does it see smoke, fires, and vegetation, it also sees the ever changing oceans. Please take a few minutes and see the wonder of what is our home, Earth.

A closer look at the yellowish brown dust plumes and whiter smoke plumes.

A closer look at the yellowish brown dust plumes and whiter smoke plumes.

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

This page was originally published on Tuesday, February 12, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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  • [SeaStar: SeaWiFS]

    ID: 100
    Sensor: SeaWiFS Dates used: 2002/02/10

    NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye

    Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become one DigitalGlobe.).

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