ENTS,
On NASA's Earth Observatory website are satellite photos of the
fires taking
place in Southeastern Georgia. The most recent, posted today
dates from
April 29:
Georgia Fires
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17630
Several large fires were burning in southern
Georgia on April 29, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
on NASA’s Terra satellite
passed overhead and captured this image. Places where MODIS
detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. The
Roundabout Fire sprang up on April 27, according to the U.S.
Southern Area Coordination Center, and was about 3,500 acres
as of April 30. That fire was threatening homes in the community
of Kirkland.
Meanwhile, south of Waycross, two large blazes were burning
next to each other in the northern part of Okefenokee Swamp. The
Sweat Farm Road Fire (previous
images) threatened the town of Waycross in previous weeks,
but at the end of April, activity had moved to the southeastern
perimeter. The fire had affected more than 50,000 acres of
timber (including pine tree plantations) and swamps. Scores of
residences scattered throughout the rural area are threatened.
The Big Turnaround Complex is burning to the east. The
26,000-acre fire was extremely active over the weekend, with
flame lengths more than 60 feet (just over 18 meters) in places.
The two blazes appeared to overlap in fire perimeter maps
available from the U.S.
Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Team.
According to the Southern Area Coordination Center morning
report on April 30, the Sweat Farm Road Fire “will be a long
term fire. Containment and control will depend on significant
rainfall, due to the inaccessible swamp terrain.” No expected
containment date was available for the Big Turnaround Complex
Fire, either. Describing that fire, the report stated, “Heavy
fuel loading, high fire danger, and difficulty of access
continue to hamper suppression efforts.”
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution
(level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid
Response Team provides twice-daily
images of the region in additional resolutions. They also
provide a version
of the image that shows smoke plumes stretching out across
the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA image courtesy the MODIS
Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
An earlier image from the 25th shows the Sweat Farm Road Fire:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14230
Sweat Farm Road
Fire, Georgia
In southern Georgia, the Sweat Farm Road Fire,
which began on April 16, continued to burn on April 25, 2007,
when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
on NASA’s Terra satellite
passed overhead and captured this image.
During the early days of the fire, thousands of residents in
and around the town of Waycross were evacuated because of the
danger from the rapidly growing blaze. As of Thursday morning,
April 26, the Southern Area Coordination Center reported that 58
residences and 30 commercial properties remained threatened. The
fire was estimated to be 46,500 acres and about 50 percent
contained. In addition to its threat to homes and businesses,
the fire was endangering timber resources and wildlife habitat
in parks, forests, and the Okefenokee Swamp.
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution
(level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid
Response Team provides twice-daily
images of the region in additional resolutions.
NASA image courtesy the MODIS
Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Other
Images for this Event
Posted:
Apr
30, 2007
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20, 2007
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18, 2007
Ed Frank
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