NASA MODIS Image of the Day: August 4, 2007 – Fires in the Canary Islands
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: August 4, 2007 - Fires in the Canary Islands
Two large forest fires raged on the Canary Islands on the afternoon of July 30, 2007, when the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this photo-like image.
Clusters of red dots mark out the locations of the fires on the islands of Tenerife (left) and Gran Canaria (right).
More than 2,000 people were evacuated from the fire on Gran Canaria, which had burned through 8,645 acres of woodland, reported the Associated Press on July 30. Thick plumes of smoke blow southwest over the Atlantic Ocean from the fires. The desert coast of Western Sahara and Morocco makes up the right edge of the image. A faint tan veil of dust hangs over the ocean near the coast.
