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English: Satellite picture of the Biscuit Fire (2002) — in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, in California and Oregon.
  • Over 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) of the eastern portion of the Chetco River watershed, and surrounding regions of the western Rogue River and other watersheds, were destroyed in the wildfire.
  • It burned most of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness (180,000 acres [728 km²]) .
Taken using MODIS via the Aqua Satellite on August 12, 2002, with actively burning areas outlined in red.
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Author The original uploader was Big Smooth at English Wikipedia.
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PD-USGOV-NASA. "Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC".

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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