Here’s one of the latest images of the fires burning in Southern California, and was captured at 11:25 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on October 23, 2007 by the MODIS on the Terra satellite. Fires are marked in red. (Click on image for large 500m resolution)

source: NASA - MODIS Rapid Response System

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WikiPedia - California wildfires of October 2007
Los Angeles Times: Strong Santa Ana winds, high temperatures to subside soon
KMIR TV 6 Coverage
Google News Coverage

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These satellite images for October 21st. shows how quickly the fires ignited.The time difference between these images is just three hours and fifteen minutes!
Source: California Fires - Los Angeles Mailbu Costaic Lake Canyon Buckweed Wildfires

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This GOES-11 satellite image shows the smoke plum from the Butler II fire near Big Bear. Notice how narrow the plum is and how it stretches northeast up to Utah!

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