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August 12, 2023 - Wildfires in Quebec
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Heavy smoke poured from multiple wildfires that continued to burn across the province of Quebec, Canada throughout early August 2023.
On August 8, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image, thick smoke shrouded more than 36,000 square kilometers (13,900 square miles) of land east of James Bay. Each red “hot spot” marks areas of actively burning fire.
The record-setting wildfire season started early across Canada and it has been relentless. According to the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), an Quebec organization formed to protect the forest, communities and infrastructure strategies against fires, as of August 8 there were 38 active fires in the Northern Zone, bringing the total hectares burned since the season began to 3.6 million. Drought continues in the Jabes Bay area, causing some fires in that area to expand and bringing the from “contained” to “out of control”. SOPFEU was responding to twelve fires in the Northern area, with four of those “out of control” and the rest “contained”. Othe fires were classed as “under observation” or “reviewed” because they did not pose a threat to a community or strategic infrastructure. In the Northern Zone, which is located roughly north of the 51st parallel, the SOPFEU only fights fires that pose a threat to community or infrastructure.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 8/8/2023
Resolutions:
1km (428.8 KB), 500m (1.1 MB), 250m (803.3 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Heavy smoke poured from multiple wildfires that continued to burn across the province of Quebec, Canada throughout early August 2023.
On August 8, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image, thick smoke shrouded more than 36,000 square kilometers (13,900 square miles) of land east of James Bay. Each red “hot spot” marks areas of actively burning fire.
The record-setting wildfire season started early across Canada and it has been relentless. According to the Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), an Quebec organization formed to protect the forest, communities and infrastructure strategies against fires, as of August 8 there were 38 active fires in the Northern Zone, bringing the total hectares burned since the season began to 3.6 million. Drought continues in the Jabes Bay area, causing some fires in that area to expand and bringing the from “contained” to “out of control”. SOPFEU was responding to twelve fires in the Northern area, with four of those “out of control” and the rest “contained”. Othe fires were classed as “under observation” or “reviewed” because they did not pose a threat to a community or strategic infrastructure. In the Northern Zone, which is located roughly north of the 51st parallel, the SOPFEU only fights fires that pose a threat to community or infrastructure.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 8/8/2023
Resolutions:
1km (428.8 KB), 500m (1.1 MB), 250m (803.3 KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
