Image of the Week - Rattlesnake Fire, AZ
Detailed Description
Landsat and Sentinel sensors capture the Rattlesnake Fire as it burns in Arizona.
At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change, operate the Landsat satellites, and maintain the longest, continuously acquired collection of images of the Earth's land surface.
USGS EROS Center (https://eros.usgs.gov/)
Details
Image Dimensions: 1280 x 720
Date Taken:
Length: 00:00:53
Location Taken: AZ, US
Transcript
The 2018 fire season is already
active and one of the larger
wildfires so far is the
Rattlesnake Fire. The blaze
has scorched over 26,000
acres in eastern Arizona.
The Landsat 8 image from
April 15 shows the fire
emerging from the White
Mountains. The image Sentinel-2B
shows burning on the south
side of the burned area on
April 25. By May 1, the fire
was mostly contained.
Landsat 8’s shortwave infrared
and near-infrared bands combine
to show the distinction between
burned and unburned vegetation
and the fire line expanding over
time. The complementary imagery
from Sentinel can be used along
with Landsat to monitor the
recovery after the burn.