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These images from the MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS) data were acquired over the Curve Fire, Angeles National Forest, California on 10 September, 2002 at 4:04 PM (PST). MAS was flown on the NASA ER-2 and the imagery was acquired from approximately 65,000 feet MSL. Spectral bands (band centers) for the natural color image are 0.655um/0.549um/0.465um and spectral bands (band centers) for the thermal IR image are channel 48 (11.01um), 22 (2.15um) and 12 (1.64um). The attenuation by smoke can be easily seen in the visible image on the left, while the fire activity can be seen in the thermal composites on the right. Most of the active fire front is obscured due to the clouds that were in the vicinity when this image was acquired, although some fire activity can be seen along the boundaries of the cloud edges. These images were processed by the NASA Ames Airborne Sensor Facility.