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   July 21, 2022 - Fires in Europe   
      
      Fires in Europe   
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      Extreme heat and ongoing drought spurred dozens of wildfires across   
      western Europe in mid-July 2022. Temperatures in the United Kingdom   
      reached all-time highs, triggering a declaration of national emergency.   
      According to Wildfire Today, six locations, including London Heathrow,   
      hit 104˚F (40˚C) on July 19, shattering the previous record of 101.7˚F   
      (38.7˚C) set in 2019. Eleven fires were reported in London, ten of   
      which were vegetation fires.   
      
      Soaring temperatures and wildfires aren’t limited to the United Kingdom   
      but stretch over a wide swath. For example, in Biarritz, located in   
      southwest France, temperatures recently peaked close to 108˚F (42˚C) as   
      several major wildfires burned in forested areas south of Bordeaux and   
      near the Mediterranean coast. This story was the MODIS Image of the Day   
      on July 18 and can be viewed  here.   
      
      On July 19, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image   
      highlighting wildfires and smoke across parts of the Iberian Peninsula   
      and France. Each red “hot spot” marks an area where the thermal bands   
      on the instrument detected high temperatures. When combined with   
      typical smoke, as in this image, such hot spots are diagnostic for   
      actively burning fires.   
      
      More than a dozen fires can be seen burning across the image, with the   
      largest cluster of individual fires located in Galicia, Spain and   
      Murça, Portugal. A very large fire was located near Ateca, Spain.   
      Comparison MODIS images that show the rapid growth of this blaze were   
      published by NASA Earthdata website as the Worldview Image of the Week   
      on July 19. That story and images can be found  here. Looking   
      northward, multiple fires are continuing to burn in France. Italy and   
      Greece (not seen in this image) have also reported major wildfires in   
      recent days.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/19/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (304.8 KB),  500m (1 MB),  250m (3.4 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-07-21   
       
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