{"id":1771,"date":"2014-05-06T12:47:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2014-05-06T12:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T16:48:34","slug":"north-korea-is-burning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/north-korea-is-burning\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea is Burning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or, at least, large portions of it were burning when this satellite image was taken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov\/images\/imagerecords\/83000\/83593\/Korea_amo_2014115.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(AQUA satellite image of smoke plumes from fires in North Korea, 25 April 2014. NASA image.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/satellite-image-captures-fires-raging-north-korea\/story?id=23569858\">this ABC News story<\/a> noted,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The extent of deforestation stands out in the satellite image &#8212; in stark contrast to the greenery south of the DMZ in South Korea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I primarily posted this because one of the fellows I worked with at the Defense Technology Security Administration had worked on the AQUA satellite, which took the image,\u00a0when he was with NASA. <a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/NaturalHazards\/view.php?id=83593&amp;src=nha\">Here&#8217;s the original NASA story<\/a> with details on the image and the instrument used to produce it.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" 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