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| ISS007-E-18078 (26 October 2003) --- The fires in the San
Bernardino Mountains, fueled by Santa Ana winds, burned out of control on
the morning of Oct. 26, 2003, when these images were taken from the International
Space Station at roughly 11 a.m. (PST). Thick yellow smoke blows south,
blanketing the valley below. This image and ISS007-E-18082 , looking southeast,
capture the smoke pall as the ISS approached and passed over the region.
Image numbers 18078 and 18082 were taken roughly a minute apart. A small
break in the smoke marks Cajon pass. Content was provided by JSC’s Earth
Observation Lab. The International Space Station Program supports the laboratory
to help crew members take pictures of Earth that will be of the greatest
value to scientists and the public, and to make those images freely available
on the Internet. Additional images taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can
be viewed at the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth -- http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/. |
