Detail View: NASA Earth Observatory Collection: Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada

Title: 
Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada
Description: 
Intense fires in eastern Alaska and Canada's Yukon Territory are spreading smoke across much of northern Canada. These image, taken by NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) on June 25-27, 2004, show the progression of the smoke east over three days. TOMS measures the relative amount of solid or liquid particles, aerosols, suspended in the atmosphere. Here, red pixels show the high aerosol concentrations associated with smoke. Lighter aerosol concentrations are represented by yellow and green. NASA images courtesy Dr. Jay Herman, TOMS Science Team at Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor: 
TOMS
facet_what: 
Spectrometer
facet_where: 
Alaska
UID: 
SPD-ETOBS-12207
original url: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12207