The High Park Fire was started by lightning early in the morning on 09 June 2012, approximately 15 miles west of Fort Collins (InciWeb). Daily comparisons of 250-meter resolution MODIS true color and false color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images from the Read More

The White Rock Fire — likely caused by a lightning strike — began in far eastern Nevada (near the Nevada/Utah border) late in the day on 01 June 2012. The fire quickly grew in size on 02 June — and a comparison of GOES-15 (GOES-West) and GOES-13 (GOES-East) 0.63 µm visible channel... Read More

On 30 May 2012, the Whitewater-Baldy Fire complex was declared to be the largest fire on record for the state of New Mexico, having burned over 170,000 acres. On the previous day (29 May), GOES-13 0.63 µm visible... Read More

The Whitewater-Baldy Fire Complex continued to burn in far western New Mexico on 26 May 2012. A night-time AWIPS image comparison of Suomi NPP VIIRS 11.45 µm IR and 3.74 µm shortwave IR data (above) demonstrated how the... Read More