October 16, 2020 - California Burn Scars

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   California’s wildfire season extensive scars across the land by October
   2020. On October 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
   (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of
   two large scars near San Francisco Bay.

   The blazes that left these scars ignited in what is known as the
   “August Lightning Siege of 2020”. The LNU Lightning Complex sits in the
   north, near Santa Rosa. It ignited on August 17 and had consumed
   363,220 acres before it had been extinguished on October 2. To the
   south, the SCU Lightning Complex burned 396,624 acres between August
   18, when it began, and containment on October 1.

   The false-color image uses a combination of visible and infrared light
   to better visualize the burn scars by making them easier to see against
   the vegetation. Burned areas appear brown, black, and brick red while
   and unburned vegetation appears bright green.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Terra
   Date Acquired: 10/14/2020
   Resolutions:  1km (194.3 KB),  500m (194.3 KB),  250m (558 KB)
   Bands Used: 7,2,1
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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