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Waldo Canyon Fire Scar
July 9, 2012 | NASA Earth Observatory

NASA’s Earth Observatory is documenting the damage done by some of the recent western fires in the form of satellite images. This image shows the burn scar from the Waldo Canyon Fire that destroyed over 300 homes west of Colorado Springs in late June and early July.


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