NASA's Terra Spacecraft Images Destructive Colby Fire East of Los Angeles

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: On Jan. 16, 2014, a wildfire broke out in the mountains above the Los Angeles suburbs of Glendora and Azusa. The fire consumed almost 2,000 acres and destroyed several homes, after starting from an illegal campfire. With the current drought conditions in Southern California, this year's fire season could extend year-round. This image, acquired Jan. 23, 2014 from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Ter...