ISS showed the scale of forest fires in Colorado

June 19, 2013 astronauts working on board International Space Station (ISS), took pictures of forest fires in the US state of Colorado. Photos posted on NASA’s official Earth Observatory portal. ISS showed the scale of forest fires in ColoradoPhotos from open sources © NASA In the images, made with varying degrees of increase, you can see pillars of smoke, caused by fires codenamed “West Fork Complex” (West Fork Complex) and Wild Rose. Last of it was possible to localize the mentioned fires on June 25, the first continues rage on the San Juan National Wildlife Refugees and Rio Grande. The total area of ​​both fires as of 25 June exceeded 30 thousand hectares. Photo from open sources © NASA As we reported earlier, fires raging in Colorado have become the most destructive in state history. Fire destroyed more than 360 residential houses. Combating fire is complicated by hot, windy the weather.

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