NASA satellite photos reveal Yellowstone’s recovery from fires
By | Published: June 30, 2009
Mongabay: Satellite images released by NASA show a gradual recovery of forests affected by massive fires during the summer of 1988 in Yellowstone National Park. Fires during that hot and dry summer burned nearly 36 percent of the park — some 793,000 of the park’s 2,221,800 acres. Images acquired by the Landsat-5 satellite show pre- and post-fire forest cover in Yellowstone. Burn scars are still evident today, more than 20 years after the fires. The series is part of NASA Earth …
NASA satellite photos reveal Yellowstone’s recovery from fires
Mongabay: Satellite images released by NASA show a gradual recovery of forests affected by massive fires during the summer of 1988 in Yellowstone National Park. Fires during that hot and dry summer burned nearly 36 percent of the park — some 793,000 of the park’s 2,221,800 acres. Images acquired by the Landsat-5 satellite show pre- and post-fire forest cover in Yellowstone. Burn scars are still evident today, more than 20 years after the fires. The series is part of NASA Earth …
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