File:California Burn Scars (MODIS 2020-10-16).jpg

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On October 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of two large scars near San Francisco Bay.

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English: California’s wildfire season had left extensive scars across the land by October 2020. On October 8, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a false-color image of two large scars near San Francisco Bay.

The blazes that left these scars ignited in what is known as the “August Lightning Siege of 2020”. The LNU Lightning Complex sits in the north, near Santa Rosa. It ignited on August 17 and had consumed 363,220 acres before it had been extinguished on October 2. To the south, the SCU Lightning Complex burned 396,624 acres between August 18, when it began, and containment on October 1.

The false-color image uses a combination of visible and infrared light to better visualize the burn scars by making them easier to see against the vegetation. Burned areas appear brown, black, and brick red while and unburned vegetation appears bright green.
Date Taken on 14 October 2020
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This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2020-10-16.

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