NADIR

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SCENE 03 / 04 · FIRE

EVROS

PLACE
Dadia forest, Evros, Greece
CENTRE
41.08°N 26.02°E
ACQUIRED
PASS 4473 · N-01 · 14 JUL 2026 · 09:05 UTC
GSD
30 M (SIMULATED)
CLOUD · SUN EL
11% · 52°
EVROS · SWIR · 30 MPROCEDURAL RENDER · NOT A PHOTOGRAPH

[ 01 ] THE PLACE

In August 2023 wildfire burned through the Dadia forest and the hills around it in north-eastern Greece, one of the largest wildfires ever recorded in the European Union.

Smoke hides the ground in visible light, but short-wave infrared passes through most of it. Burned ground reflects short-wave infrared strongly and near-infrared weakly, so the scar lights up crimson while living canopy stays dark.

[ 02 ] TWO PASSES

BEFORE / AFTER

BEFORE THE FIREAFTER THE FIRE
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In near-infrared the forest is crimson; what burned turns grey. Drag to see what was lost. DRAG, CLICK, OR USE ← →

[ 03 ] DELIVERY LOG

  1. SCENEEVROS_DADIA
  2. BANDSWIR_1610NM
  3. CLOUD11%
  4. SMOKEPENETRATED
  5. INDEXNBR
  6. STATUSDELIVERED

The same scene, as the terminal sees it: one character per pixel, darkest ground to densest glyph.

[ 04 ] FOUR BANDS, ONE PASS

PANCHROMATIC30 M
TRUE COLOUR30 M
NEAR-INFRARED30 M
SHORT-WAVE INFRARED30 M