![This false-color image was captured on Aug. 9, 2018, by an instrument installed aboard a NASA ER-2 research aircraft.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mendocino_complex_v01_48-22-12-1.jpg)
Mapping Record-Setting Wildfire from 65,000 Feet
The Mendocino Complex Fire is now the largest wildfire in California history with well over 350,000 acres burned. This false-color image was captured by an instrument installed aboard a high-altitude NASA research aircraft.
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