• MODIS Pic of the Day 01 October 2022

    From Dan Richter@1:317/3 to All on Sat Oct 1 12:00:40 2022
    October 1, 2022 - Lazy Fire in Texas

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    A hot, dry spring and summer sparked a difficult wildfire season across
    Texas in 2022. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, as of
    September 28 state and local firefighters have responded to more than
    9,800 wildfires across the Lone Star State this year—and 65 wildfires
    this past week. While most of the recent wildfires have been rapidly
    contained, one notable fire expanded rapidly.

    The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
    NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of Central Texas and
    the Lazy Fire on September 29, 2022. The actively burning fire is
    marked by a large red “hot spot” that is accompanied by a thick gray
    plume of smoke blowing from the fire to the southeast. Gray pixels,
    arranged to look almost like a spider web on a background of green, are
    man-made structures of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

    According to a report on InciWeb Incident Information System, Texas A&M
    Forest Service first received a request for assistance on a wildfire
    burning in Palo Pinto County on September 29. Located 6 miles south of
    Possum Kingdom Lake and west of State Highway 16, the Lazy Fire is
    burning in rough terrain with thick juniper vegetation and is
    threatening multiple structures. As of September 30, the fire expanded
    rapidly and is burning on 1,500 acres. Fire fighters are working on
    full suppression, with protection of assets and have brought the Lazy
    Fire to 45 percent containment. The fire was first reported as a
    prescribed burn that escaped control, but the fire’s origin is
    undergoing investigation.

    Image Facts
    Satellite: Terra
    Date Acquired: 9/29/2022
    Resolutions: 1km (45 KB), 500m (178.9 KB), 250m (599.9 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=2022-10-01

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