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Nasa images show wildfire damage to island dubbed ‘Galapagos of California’
The satellite visuals reveal vast burn scars after blaze tore through rare ecosystems on Santa Rosa Island
Images from a Nasa satellite showcased the devastating scars left behind by a wildfire that consumed roughly a third of Santa Rosa Island, one of the five islands that make up Channel Islands national park off the southern California coast.
Taken on 20 May, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) took the false-color image of the burn area, showing swaths of blackened land.
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Gabrielle Canon · Wed, May 27, 2026, 1:28 PM
California | The Guardian
The satellite visuals reveal vast burn scars after blaze tore through rare ecosystems on Santa Rosa Island
Images from a Nasa satellite showcased the devastating scars left behind by a wildfire that consumed roughly a third of Santa Rosa Island, one of the five islands that make up Channel Islands national park off the southern California coast.
Taken on 20 May, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (Modis) took the false-color image of the burn area, showing swaths of blackened land.
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