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Destructive Wildfire Near Big Sur, California Captured NASA Terra Satellite
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The Soberanes fire, in northern California near Big Sur, had grown to more than 27,000 acres when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image on July 28, 2016. More than 3,000 personnel are battling the blaze, that is only 10 percent contained. The fire has destroyed 36 homes and caused one fatality. Evacuation orders were issued for a number of nearby communities.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineDestructive Wildfire Near Big Sur, California Captured NASA Terra Satellite. NASA/JPL, 2016-08-01. Public domain. ID: PIA20722.
