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Alaska in Flux: Wildfire Recovery Paints Alaska Green

A large and lasting footprint on the state’s landscape comes from wildfire.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and NDVI and NDWI annual trend data courtesy of Neal Pastick. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published February 21, 2019
Data acquired January 1, 1984 - December 31, 2015

Sources:
Landsat 4
Landsat 5
Landsat 7
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8