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Fires on Borneo: Natural Hazards
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Fires on Borneo: Natural Hazards
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Scores of fires burning in Indonesia pumped out the thick haze seen in this photo-like satellite image. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this image on September 10, 2006. Red dots mark the locations of the fires on the southern half of the island of Borneo. Scattered white clouds and a thick pall of grey-white haze obscure much of Borneo and the Java Sea to its west.
Though the practice is now illegal in Indonesia, fire is frequently used as a tool to clear land for agriculture. During August 2006, more than eight million hectares of forest and additional farm land burned, reported the www.terradaily.com/r eports/Fires_Rage_As _Haze_Thickens_In_Bo rneo_999.html Agence France-Presse news service. The annual fires regularly cloak Indonesia and its neighbors, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, in thick smoke that can interrupt air and sea traffic.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
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Scores of fires burning in Indonesia pumped out the thick haze seen in this photo-like satellite image. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS ) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov/ Aqua satellite captured this image on September 10, 2006. Red dots mark the locations of the fires on the southern half of the island of Borneo. Scattered white clouds and a thick pall of grey-white haze obscure much of Borneo and the Java Sea to its west.
Though the practice is now illegal in Indonesia, fire is frequently used as a tool to clear land for agriculture. During August 2006, more than eight million hectares of forest and additional farm land burned, reported the www.terradaily.com/r eports/Fires_Rage_As _Haze_Thickens_In_Bo rneo_999.html Agence France-Presse news service. The annual fires regularly cloak Indonesia and its neighbors, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore, in thick smoke that can interrupt air and sea traffic.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
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What -- Earth
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What -- Earth
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Where -- Indonesia
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Where -- Indonesia
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Where -- France
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Where -- France
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What -- Aqua
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What -- Aqua
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Where -- Thailand
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Where -- Thailand
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Where -- Malaysia
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Where -- Malaysia
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Where -- Singapore
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Where -- Singapore
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Where -- Java Sea
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Where -- Java Sea
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Earth
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Aqua
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Indonesia
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France
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Thailand
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Malaysia
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Singapore
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Java Sea
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borneo_amo_2006253
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borneo_amo_2006253
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gwilliam@archive.org
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gwilliam@archive.org
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2011-07-31 01:43:42
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2011-07-31 01:43:42
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2011-07-31 01:43:42
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2011-07-31 01:43:42
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creator:
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/borneo_amo_200 6253/borneo_amo_2006 253_lrg.jpg
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file:/home/lunaadmin /Source_download/201 107/1/borneo_amo_200 6253/borneo_amo_2006 253_lrg.jpg
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borneo_amo_2006253_l rg.jpg
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borneo_amo_2006253_l rg.jpg
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2006-09-10
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Public Domain
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Public Domain
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2006
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eng
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