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NASA IMAGE OF HOTSPOTS AT COLORADO FOREST FIRE USING THERMAL IMAGING.
Thousands of acres of burned vegetation, along with recent hotspots,
are visible in a new image of Colorado's worst forest fire taken by
NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
(Aster), released on June 18, 2002. The Hayman forest fire continues to
burn in the Pike National Forest, 57 kilometers (35 miles)
south-southwest of Denver, Colorado. According to the U.S. Forest
Service, the fire has consumed more than 100,000 acres. In this Aster
image, acquired Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. Mountain time, the
dark blue area is burned vegetation and the green areas are healthy
vegetation. Red areas are active fires, and the blue cloud at the top
center is smoke. Meteorological clouds are white. The image covers an
area of 32.2 by 35.2 kilometers (20 by 21.8 miles), and displays Asters
bands 8, 3 and 2 in red, green and blue. REUTERS/Handout/NASA
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