Terrestrial Tour: Firefighting from Space

Earth-observing satellites offer a unique perspective of fires before, during, and after the damage is done.

Credits

Special Thanks: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Observing System. Scientific Visualization Studio, USDA Forest Service

Produced by: Space Telescope Science Institute, Office of Public Outreach

All images and animations courtesy of NASA and the Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Except:

Fischer Fire photo by Dan Fiorito and compliments of wildlandfire.com

Esperanza Fire photo copyright AP/Ric Francis

Elk Bath photo by John McColgan, Alaskan Type I Incident Management Team, Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Fire Service

Mount Stromlo Observatory photo copyright Stephen Byron

Nuttall Complex Fire photos by Lance Lines, University of Arizona Police Department

Hayman Fire smoke plume photos courtesy of Chris Peterson and the USDA Forest Service

Lightning photo credit NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; DAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Rabbit Creek Fire aftermath photo by Bob Nichols, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Photo of smoke in downtown Denver copyright AP/Zalubowski

Photo of trees in Pike National Forest burned by the Hayman Fire courtesy of Jack Carlson

Nuttall Complex Fire aftermath photos by Ron Smallwood and Lance Lines, University of Arizona Police Department

Waterman Canyon photo by Robert Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey

Cheesman Reservoir aerial photo by Erik Martinson, Colorado State University

Photo of sediment flowing into Cheesman Reservoir courtesy of the USDA Forest Service

Hydrophobic soil photo by Bob Nichols, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Written by Vanessa Thomas

Music courtesy of Associated Production Music

Transcript

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