• MODIS Pic of the Day 05 August 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Fri Aug 5 12:00:08 2022
    August 5, 2022 - Large Blazes in British Columbia and Montana

    Elmo Fire (Montana) & Connell Ridge Fire (Canada)
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    On August 3, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
    (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite captured fires burning in
    British Columbia, Canada and western Montana, USA.

    Hot, dry weather in late spring and early summer has created conditions
    ripe for wildfire in these areas. According to the B.C. Wildfire
    Dashboard, on August 4 there were 62 wildfires burning in the province,
    which was an increase of 22 fires in just the last two days. Maps show
    that most of the British Columbia fires were concentrated in the
    Kamloops and South East Region. The number of fires in British Columbia
    year-to-date was reported as 536, including an increase of 156 new
    fires in just the last 7 days. The Montana Wildfire Info website
    enumerates 53 wildfires burning in the state on August 4, with 7 new
    fires igniting in the last 24 hours. The total numbers of fires this
    year was 1,007, with 82 of those new this week.

    The major fires captured seen in British Columbia is the Connell Ridge
    Fire. This fire ignited on August 1 about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the
    town of Cranbrook, a town in South East BC, tucked between the Kootenay
    River and the Kootenay Rockies. Burning in difficult territory, the
    fire has grown to about 850 hectares (2,100 acres) in just three days.

    Further south, the Elmo fire was first noticed on the late afternoon of
    July 29 burning in Elmo, Montana. Elmo is a lightly-populate,
    census-designated place in Lake County, situated on the shore of
    Flathead Lake on the Flathead Reservation. By the evening of August 4,
    the fire had spread to encompass 20,616 acres (8,342 hectares). With
    439 personnel involved, the fire has reached only 6 percent
    containment.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Aqua
    Date Acquired: 8/3/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (34.6 KB), 500m (126.8 KB), 250m (414.3
    KB)
    Bands Used: 1,4,3
    Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



    https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-08-05

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