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August 19, 1999 — NOAA has placed satellite imagery of the smoke plume from an oil refinery burning in Izmet, Turkey, online.

The image is from NOAA-14, one of NOAA's polar-orbiting operational environmental satellites.

Heat signature and smoke plume from an oil refinery burning in Izmet, Turkey, is the result of the August 17 earthquake.

The image can be found at: http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Turkey/FSMHStur230_N4.jpg

Satellite details are as follows:
IMAGE D23002: NOAA-14 POES AVHRR LAC <> RGB = Channel 3, 2, 1 @ 1 km res <> 08/18/99 12:30 UTC <> multichannel color composite <> Turkey

Image provided in standard (~956K) format.
Standard (1024x690)

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