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See Six Wildfires Burning In Colorado And New Mexico From Space

KUNC | By Jim Hill
Published June 12, 2013 at 8:12 AM MDT
NASA - Aqua/MODIS
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The southwest is dry and faces another long wildfire season. That's a reality demonstrated by this satellite photo posted by NASA Tuesday.

The photo comes from the Aqua satellite and MODIS instrument (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) and was taken June 11.

Visible in the photo and in order starting from the top:

Colorado

  • Big Meadows Fire
  • Black Forest Fire
  • Royal Gorge Fire

New Mexico

Source - H/T to the NASA Earth Observatory on Twitter
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Science WildfiresBlack Forest FireRoyal Gorge FireBig Meadows FireColoradoNew MexicoSpaceNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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I’m not a Colorado native (did you know that "I'm from Missouri" means "I'm skeptical of the matter and not easily convinced?") but I have lived here for most of my life and couldn't imagine leaving. After graduating from Colorado State University, I did what everyone wants to do; I moved to the mountains and skied, hiked, and hid from responsibility! Our listeners in the mountains may know me from my time in Steamboat Springs and Vail or as the voice of the Battle Mountain Huskies Hockey team in Vail.
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