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Images Taken with the Ikhana Aircraft of the California Wildfires
07.11.08
 


Image of the American river fire complex taken by the Autonomous Modular System wildfire scanner onboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 10:40am. The yellow areas depict active fire areas. This image provides not only fire information but also vegetation type and burned area information. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc. Left: Image of the American River Complex taken by the Autonomous Modular System wildfire scanner aboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. PDT. Yellow depicts active fire areas. This image provides information about the fire, vegetation type and burned areas.
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The Basin Fire Complex with known fire perimeters in green, purple, blues and reds. New actively burning areas mapped by the Autonomous Modular Sensor onboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 are in yellow. Notice many active fire areas (yellow) are outside the known perimeter. This information was provided to the fire staff within minutes of collection providing near real time tactical fire decision-making. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc. Left: Image of the Basin Complex Wildland fire with known fire perimeters in green, purple, blues and reds. New actively burning areas mapped by the Autonomous Modular Sensor aboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 are in yellow. Notice many active fire areas (yellow) are outside the known perimeter. NASA provided images like this one in near real-time to the fire staff to strategize their firefighting.
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An image of the Basin Fire Complex taken by the Autonomous Modular System Fire Scanner onboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 2:40pm. The image has been overlayed onto terrain data within Google Earth to provide additional information to the fire manager on the effects of terrain on fire behavior. The yellow areas depict active fire areas with reds and purples showing burned over areas. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc. Left: An image of the Basin Complex Wildland fire taken by the Autonomous Modular System Fire Scanner aboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 2:40 p.m. PDT. The image has been overlayed onto terrain data within Google Earth to provide additional information to the fire manager on the effects of terrain on fire behavior. Yellow depicts active fire areas. Reds and purples show “burned over” areas.
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American River Fire Complex with known fire perimeters in orange, red and green. New actively burning areas mapped by the Autonomous Modular Sensor onboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 are in yellow. Notice many active fire areas are outside the known perimeter. This information was provided to the fire staff within minutes of collection providing near real time tactical fire decision-making. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc. Left: Image of the American River Complex fire with known fire perimeters in orange, red and green. New actively burning areas mapped by the Autonomous Modular Sensor aboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 are in yellow. Notice many active fire areas (yellow) are outside the known perimeter. NASA provided images like this one in near real-time to the fire staff to strategize their firefighting.
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Image of the American River Fire Complex taken by the Autonomous Modular Sensor Wildfire Scanner onboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. The yellow areas depict active fire areas. This image provides not only fire information but also vegetation type and burned area information. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc. Left: Image of the American River Complex fire taken by the Autonomous Modular Sensor Wildfire Scanner aboard the Ikhana unmanned aerial vehicle on July 8, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. PDT. Yellow depicts active fire areas. This image provides information about the fire, vegetation type and burned areas.
Photo Copyright: Google, Inc.
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