File:Anderson Creek Fire on the Kansas Oklahoma border (MODIS 2016-04-03).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,200 × 1,600 pixels, file size: 458 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the blaze on March 23, 2016 - less than 24 hours after ignition.

Summary

[edit]
Description
English: On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the Oklahoma Forest Service (OFS) sent a notice to state firefighters which read, "Wednesday's fire weather is shaping up to be the most challenging seen in a while." It also cautioned that they should expect that "any fire that starts to be extremely resistant to control. Expect rapid rates of spread and extreme fire behavior on any fire that occurs Wednesday".

As predicted, a fire that sparked in northern Oklahoma on March 22 took advantage of the challenging conditions and rapidly spread, consuming almost 400,000 in three counties across two states within three days. Most of the damage occurred in Kansas, where the Anderson Creek Fire became known as the largest in that state's history.

On March 29, the OFS reported that the fire was 95% contained in Oklahoma, and 81% contained in Barber County and 90% contained in Comanche County, Kansas. At least 16 residences were destroyed, and Oklahoma reported 600 head of cattle died in the fire.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of the blaze on March 23, 2016 - less than 24 hours after ignition.
Date Taken on 23 March 2016
Source

Anderson Creek Fire on the Kansas Oklahoma border (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2016-04-03.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
Other languages:

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ български ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ magyar ∙ հայերեն ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ 简体中文 ∙ 繁體中文 ∙ +/−

Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
This media is a product of the
Aqua mission
Credit and attribution belongs to the mission team, if not already specified in the "author" row

Licensing

[edit]
Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
Warnings:

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:39, 15 February 2024Thumbnail for version as of 19:39, 15 February 20241,200 × 1,600 (458 KB)OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs)#Spacemedia - Upload of http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/images/image04032016_250m.jpg via Commons:Spacemedia

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Anderson_Creek_Fire_on_the_Kansas_Oklahoma_border_(MODIS_2016-04-03).jpg&oldid=852073374"