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High resolution image of King Fire burning in the canyon of the South Fork ofthe American River north of the community of Pollock Pines. At the time theSuomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument obtained this image, the fire had grownto more than 70,000 acres due to extreme fire behavior, extreme terrain,inaccessability, and variable wind direction. (Image credit: NOAA/NASA/NESDIS Environmental Visualization Laboratory)