White fire, New Mexico

Thick smoke waves from the White fire in southern New Mexico in this picture, taken by the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) of the NASA satellite Aqua on 3 April 2011. The fire, highlighted, began on 3 April and grew quickly under strong winds. The fire by about 6,000 hectares of forest in steep, rocky terrain, destroying five homes and several outbuildings from 8: 30 had burned the next morning, New Mexico said fire information.

Follow the fire in the twice-daily pictures of New Mexico by the MODIS rapid response system.

National Interagency Coordination Center. (April 4, 2011). Incident management situation report. April 4, 2011.New Mexico fire information accessed. (April 4, 2011). White fire update, NM 4 April 2011 at 8:30 am April 4, 2011.Remote sensing applications Center accessed. (April 4, 2011). Fire detection map, Southwest. US Department of agriculture forest service. Access to 4 April, 2011.NASA image courtesy of MODIS rapid response team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Instrument: Aqua - MODIS

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