MODIS (false-color satellite) imagery of California fires:

[Robb]

July 10, 2008:


The Indians Fire and the Basin Complex Fire in the Los Padres National Forest burned together in the second week of July. Their combined acreage was more than 180,000 acres. Of the two fires, the Basin Complex was the more active, with multiple advancing fronts. According to reports from the National Interagency Fire Center on July 11, the Basin Fire was spreading by isolated and group tree torching and short crown runs (fire spreading through the tops of trees).

More info and bigger picture here. Interesting stuff.


Edited to add:

[NV Whino]

1. Thanks for posting this

I've been looking for a site that shows the smoke.

[Robb]

2. I searched for it

...because apparently it's to blame for the haze over my section of Colorado today. Really something when you think about it.