Here is a map of the current fires in California (BIG 1.2 MB IMAGE)

[berni_mccoy]

From the U.S. Forestry Service

[mike_c]

1. MODIS is awesome....

Nice!

[durrrty libby]

2. Thanks

[cboy4]

3. And a photo from tonight

[Swamp Rat]

4. Yeah, I've been checking out MODIS all day. Here's some other data-rich links:

Caveat: It helps to know remote sensing and GIS to make sense of the data.

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov /

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php

http://svinetfc4.fs.fed.us/clearinghouse/index.html

http://www.landfire.gov/index.php

http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/news_info/index.html

http://gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/fire.html

http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov /

http://eros.usgs.gov/products/satellite/landsat_ortho.h...

[harlinchi]

5. Interesting that, from the image, the severe fires seem to stop at.the US border.

Does the image not contain updated information from Mexico? If accurate, does this indicate that we are compounding and exacerbating the problem by our (US) activities, such as development of a specific sort?