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High Resolution Thermal Imagery of the California Wildfires

October 11, 2017
Image using VIIRs instruments

This false-color image (captured on Oct. 9th) was created by combining three of the Suomi NPP satellite's high resolution thermal and visible channels from the VIIRS sensor (SVI 4,2, 1). These different channels allow us to see features not visible in more natural looking true color imagery, such as the hot spots that glow bright red from the thermal imagery.