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| Huge smoke plume from Chips Fire, Plumas County, CA The dark spec in the center of the frame is a commercial airliner at cruise altitude suggesting the cloud topped out higher than 25,000' MSL. Image taken Aug 2, 2012, about 5:00 PM-PDT |
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| Smoke drifting towards the northeast from the Chips Fire The fire is burning off the lower left of the frame and was not in view on the side of the aircraft where I was seated. Image taken August 23, 2012, about 8:00 PM-PDT |
Latest Incident information [Inciweb]
Notice: Firefighters have made significant progress battling the Chips Fire as can be seen in the latest MODIS imagery (below). Interest in this blog post has waned. As a result, it will be updated less frequently and the incident information will be accessible through the Inciweb link above, but will no longer be replicated here.
This fire is by no means out, and still represents an extreme hazard in the region. If it resumes its rapid growth and/or interest in this post increases, updates may also resume.
NASA MODIS images
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| Annotated image of fires burning in the vicinity of the Chips Fire Barry Point, Fort Complex, Holloway, Reading, Hanson, and Chips fires shown Click image for larger version |
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| 8/27 afternoon pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/27 morning pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/23 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/22 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/21 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/20 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/19 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/18 - afternoon pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/18 morning pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/15 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/14 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/13 pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/11 afternoon pass Click image for much larger version |
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| 8/11 morning pass Click image for much larger version |
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| Shrinking plumes as firefighters work to get the blaze under control Image 8/9 19:15 UTC / 11:15 PDT Click image for much larger version |
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| Smoke plumes over Northern California and Nevada Image 8/7 21:05 UTC / 13:05 PDT Click image for much larger version |
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