ASTER

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Terra instruments - ASTER

The ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) instrument, provided by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, will measure cloud properties, vegetation index, surface mineralogy, soil properties, surface temperature, and surface topography for selected regions of the earth.
ASTER captured this image of the Old Fire/Grand Prix fire burning on either side of Interstate 15 near the Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains 80 km east of Los Angeles. The fire had burned over 80,000 acres, consumed 450 structures, and caused 2 fatalities. Most of the local communities were evacuated as the fire continued to spread. [1]

References

[1] http://science.hq.nasa.gov/missions/satellite_52.htm