Natural Color - Bands 4,3,2
Notice that the fire is hard to detect in this natural color image.
These images were acquired from Landsat 8 imagery flown pre-burn on June 7, 2014 and during the fire on June 23, 2014. Each image contains a slider to compare two images.
Notice that the fire is hard to detect in this natural color image.
Notice how much easier the fire is to detect using this false color shortwave infrared image. The dark, magenta blob is the current Assayii Lake Fire.
Again, notice how much easier the fire is to detect in this false color thermal infrared image. The brighter the color, the hotter the temperature of the surface.
To stay up to date on wildfire information in New Mexico go to NM Fire Info. View an interactive map of wildfires and prescribed burns for New Mexico at NMwatch.org