File:Before and After the California Wildfires (NESDIS 2017-10-23).png

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This side by side false-color image of northern California was created by combining three of the Suomi NPP satellite's high resolution thermal and visible channels from the VIIRS sensor (SVI 4,2,1).

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English: This side by side false-color image of northern California was created by combining three of the Suomi NPP satellite's high resolution thermal and visible channels from the VIIRS sensor (SVI 4,2,1). These different channels allow us to see features not visible in more natural looking true color imagery, such as the burn scars (red) in this image. After a fire, these areas reflect much more infrared back through the atmosphere to the satellite's sensor, and thus show the extent of the fire's damage compared to surrounding vegetation and structures. Since the start of the October Fire Siege on Sunday, October 8, 21 major wildfires burned over 245,000 acres total and forced 100,000 people to evacuate.
Date 23 October 2017 (upload date)
Source Before and After the California Wildfires
Author NOAA

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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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