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California Wildfires as Seen From the Space Shuttle

An astronaut on the Space Shuttle photographed several wildfires burning in California in August 2001.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story California Wildfires as Seen From the Space Shuttle.

Astronaut photographs STS105-E-5421, STS105-E-5416, and STS105-E-5417 were taken from the Space Shuttle on August 20, 2001, and were provided by the Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory at Johnson Space Center. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed at the NASA-JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Information on fire status and locations was obtained from the National Fire Interagency Center and U.S. Forest Service Detailed Fire Intelligence. Another image of the fires seen from NOAA’s AVHRR satellite is also available from the Operational Significant Event Imagery team.

Published September 2, 2001
Data acquired August 20, 2001