tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997616.post3338440350707114020..comments2023-04-29T05:13:14.200-07:00Comments on Geographile: Jesusita fire from the air, with MODIS helpingMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026027439402147372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997616.post-68660413196052597692009-05-09T11:19:00.000-07:002009-05-09T11:19:00.000-07:00You're right. I wrote this while way too tired and...You're right. I wrote this while way too tired and trying to get it up while it was relevant.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026027439402147372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11997616.post-43962763607873674822009-05-08T19:11:00.000-07:002009-05-08T19:11:00.000-07:00I had to read that a couple of times to get it to ...I had to read that a couple of times to get it to make sense. The MODIS instruments are aboard the EOS spacecraft, some 705 km above the Earth's surface. That's a lot higher than 25,000 feet.<br /><br />But what the original author of that text seems to actually mean is that the big picture was taken from an airplane flying about 25,000 feet up, and then the locations of the MODIS images were superposed over it.Bill Gawnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02273526970555016741noreply@blogger.com