Comments on: Forest Fires

By: Wil

Wil — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:40:09 +0000

I found this rather large forest fire in Columbia. Wasn’t sure what it was at first, but it was the smoke plume (which I took at first to be the trail of something) that caught my attention. here are the coords….
lat/lng:3.52.48.64,72.30.55.00
This fires smoke plume is visible from around 350 mi up. The coloration of the fire begins to be visible around 100 mi.

By: Jean Thie

Jean Thie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:46:10 +0000

for the previous post, the placemark is
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=732973

By: Jean Thie

Jean Thie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:32:12 +0000

The fire history of an area is very important to understand abd interpret Google Earth imagery, partcucularly in wildernis and remote areas. The reneneration of vegetaion after the fires can produce some spectacular satellite images. Have look at
http://www.geostrategis.com/p_borealfires.htm

For example in the Northern Boreal and taiga ecoregions it is possible to recognize former burn areas sometines over one hundred years old by their unique shapes and vegetation succession.

http://www,geostrategis.com

By: phantom

phantom — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:17:35 +0000

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By: JeandrÃ©

JeandrÃ© — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:30:36 +0000

Placemark: Fires near Somerset West in the Western Cape, South Africa. / Google Earth

By: phantom

phantom — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:11:13 +0000

you shuld have more pictures on here of forest fires Im going somewhere else I needed this for a project due on the 10th today is the 6th bye!!!!!!!!!!

By: JMjr

JMjr — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:05:53 +0000

Here’s a small grass fire between Corning and Big Flats, NY.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

Looks like it was set.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:27:21 +0000

Marsh fires are set on purpose. They are controlled burns. I see them all the time flying over the coast.

By: Chris G.

Chris G. — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:49:36 +0000

Wow, the one that David posted (HUGE fire in the North West Territories) can be seen all the way at zoom level 7 ~ and at the closest zoom you can get the red light from the intense fire is actually visible off the smoke particulates. Amazing find…

By: JasonH300

JasonH300 — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 01:20:22 +0000

This is most likely a marsh fire rather than a forest fire (we have lots of marsh and swamp in Louisiana, but not too much forest). Pretty common. The major threat of it is thick smog with the high humidity. Causes some serious traffic problems when it’s near a highway.