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I always like NASA's earth observatories satellite images and analysis http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87985 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
by acomjean 11y ago
I always like NASA's earth observatories satellite images and analysis
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87985 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87985
apparently a really hot spring
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87992 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87992
- saalweachter 11y ago> As of May 4, the fire had burned almost 77 square kilometers (7,700 hectares), and its cause was still under investigation. Fire restrictions were in place for most of the province due to hot, dry conditions. While the cause of this particular fire is still unknown, and there's a whole debate to be had on forest management, the Smokey the Bear PSA is still worthwhile: don't start fires you ain't supposed to. Every year or two in my part of the world there's a decent sized forest fire started by some idiot who couldn't wait for the wet season to burn off his brush.
- tremon 11y agoFrom what I can tell from that first NASA image, the fire jumped across a >20m wide river (not sure of the scale)? Is that common?
- JshWright 11y agoAbsolutely. It depends on the topography and fuel loads, but all it takes is for the wind to carry a burning ember (which are generated in _huge_ quantities in such a fire).