East Fork Fire, Florida
by Grace Mwangi · Apr 10, 2004 · 320 views
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The East Fork Fire (center) started in the Apalachicola National Forest in western Florida on April 4, 2004, and by April 11 had grown to 14,600 acres. Ironically, burn-out activities (controlled burning to remove vegetation in the fire's path) were hampered by high humidity in the region, but the overall cloudiness and increased humidity also decreased fire activity. The fire is expected to be contained by April 16. This image was acquired on April 10, 2004 at roughly 3:00 local time by the ...
| Tags: | 2004 april nasa earth observatory in 2004 |
| Credit: | Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC (Public domain) · source |
| Uploaded: | Apr 10, 2004 |




