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A full moon is seen through a huge plume of smoke rising from Los Padres National Forest on the northeastern flank of the Jesusita fire above Montecito
09 May 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A full moon is seen through a huge plume of smoke rising from Los Padres National Forest on the northeastern flank of the Jesusita fire above Montecito, California, May 8, 2009. Firefighters were making progress on Saturday toward containing a ferocious California wildfire now in its fifth day that has destroyed 80 homes and forced some 29,000 people to evacuate an area above the seaside city of Santa Barbara. Picture taken on May 8, 2009. REUTERS/Rafael Agustin Delgado (UNITED STATES DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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The Jesusita Fire in the hills around Santa Barbara, California, damaged or completely destroyed almost 100 buildings, forced the evacuation of 30,000 residents, The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s ...




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