Once again, NASA was able to capture a natural disaster from outer space thanks to satellite technology.
Over the past decade, NASA has been able to get satellite images of earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados and much more. The most recent addition to this collection is a series of photos of the New Mexico and Arizona wallow fires.
Both NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites caught separate images of the New Mexico Las Conchas fire, which has blazed through 61,000 acres of land near Los Alamos, N.M in the north-central part of the state. In addition, the International Space Station caught two non-satellite images of the fire.
Take a look at the photos and let us know what you think.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite acquired this image of the Arizona Wallow fire on June 15, 2011 at 20:30 UTC (4:30 p.m. EDT). Active fire areas appear as red dots, and smoke rises from the most intensely burning areas.NASAOne of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 235 statute miles, on June 21 spotted and photographed this image of one of the major Texas wildfires currently burning up massive acreage.NASANASA's Terra satellite flew over New Mexico and captured this image that shows the smoke and heat (in red) from the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos. The smoke from the nearby Pacheco fire (east) is also somewhat visible in the image.NASAAnother image of the New Mexico fires, this one from the Aqua satellite.NASAA crew member aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 235 statute miles on June 27, 2011, exposed this still photograph of a major fire in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest in north-central New Mexico near Los Alamos.NASAAnother image of the Los Alamos fire from the International Space Station.NASA
