For more another example of remote sensing of fires, click the link at the bottom of this page. This link will open "Remote Sensing of the Land, Oceans, and Atmosphere with MODIS," a Webcast that details the capabilities of the MODIS instrument on the Aqua and Terra satellites. The link will open in the "Atmosphere Application Examples" section. Click the "Aerosol Detection" page on the left menu bar to see an example of MODIS multispectral imagery showing the composition of a dust plume.