1996 Aug 22 01:02 UT

This image was aquired by NOAA 12 at 01:02 UT over the western U.S. This was an evening pass, parts of Utah, Idaho, and Oregon are clear and have visible fires.
Map of the pass
Channel 3 view of the data Black areas are clouds, and missing data at the top of the pass.

Hell's Canyon area

Color composite image using channels 1, 2, and 3. Some fire continues in Hell's Canyon on the Idaho side. The smoke plume is seen spreading through the valleys to the east. Further east are what appear to be a number of small fires. The fire complex southwest of Hell's Canyon also continues to burn.

AVHRR Channel 3.

The hot spots are visible in this image. Only two small spots are seen in eastern Idaho, the color composite suggests perhaps a few additional small fires.

Southern Idaho

Color composite image using channels 1, 2, and 3. Only a small amount of smoke is seen on this image.

AVHRR Channel 3.

A number of hot spots appear here, more than show on the color composite.

Utah

Color composite image using channels 1, 2, and 3. Smoke is still visible from the fire north of Cedar City in southwest Utah.

AVHRR Channel 3.

The Cedar City fire shows well in this image.