MAKE A MEME View Large Image Wildfires Strike near Los Angeles and San Diego, Image of the Day DVIDS843769.jpg en Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25 2003 Whipped by the hot dry Santa Ana winds that blow ...
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Keywords: Wildfires Strike near Los Angeles and San Diego, Image of the Day DVIDS843769.jpg en Several massive wildfires were raging across southern California over the weekend of October 25 2003 Whipped by the hot dry Santa Ana winds that blow toward the coast from interior deserts at least one fire grew 10 000 acres in just 6 hours The modis gsfc nasa gov Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS on the terra nasa gov Terra satellite captured this image of the fires and clouds of smoke spreading over the region on October 26 2003 The red polygons indicate precisely where the fires are burning or have recently burned Compare this scene with one captured by the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite just earthobservatory nasa gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2 php3 img_id 11800 one day before In and around Simi Valley are the Piru Verdale and Simi Incident Fires; the next cluster -- to the right of Los Angeles -- is the Grand Prix left and Old right Fires Closer to San Diego is the Roblar 2 Fire burning in the Camp Pendleton marine base The Paradise Fire is encroaching on Escondido The smoke of the massive Cedar Fire is completely obscuring the coastal city of San Diego Finally at the California-Mexico border is the Otay Fire At least 13 people have lost their lives because of these fires several of which appear to have been caused by carelessness and arson Thousands have been evacuated across the region and hundreds of homes have been destroyed NASA Identifier California A2003299 1840 2011-06-30 Glenn Research Center https //www dvidshub net/image/843769 843769 2013-02-08 09 57 WASHINGTON D C US PD-USGov Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ
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