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Rebecca J. Rosen - Rebecca J. Rosen is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor at The Wilson Quarterly, where she spearheaded the magazine's In Essence section.

Picture of the Day: Fire-Burn Scar, Bastrop County, Texas

By Rebecca J. Rosen
Sep 15 2011, 8:19 AM ET Comment

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This false-color image shows the burn mark left by fires that have scorched parts of southern Texas over the last two weeks. The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite snapped up this shot of the damage on Monday. On the right-hand side of the frame, the handiwork of a local landowner by the name of Luecke is visible in selectively cleared forest.

As of Tuesday, the fire was 70 percent contained and a re-entry plan was underway for residents. More than 30,000 acres have burned.

Image: NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr.


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