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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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NASA Earth Observatory Collection
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Fires in Mexico and Central America
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Fires in Mexico and Central America
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A thick haze of smoke covers southern Mexico and Central America in this true-color Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite on April 30, 2003. Although fire is commonly used in agriculture to clear land for planting crops, such fires can easily get out of control and grow into wildfires. In Nicaragua (bottom right corner), forest fires have been raging for the past three months, and have destroyed crops, tree plantations, and forests. The fires in this image are marked in red. They are spread across southern Mexico (top), then in Guatemala (south of Mexico), Honduras (to the east) and El Salvador (to the south), and Nicaragua. Smoke is spreading out over the Gulf of Mexico (top) and the Caribbean Sea (right). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Description
A thick haze of smoke covers southern Mexico and Central America in this true-color Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite on April 30, 2003. Although fire is commonly used in agriculture to clear land for planting crops, such fires can easily get out of control and grow into wildfires. In Nicaragua (bottom right corner), forest fires have been raging for the past three months, and have destroyed crops, tree plantations, and forests. The fires in this image are marked in red. They are spread across southern Mexico (top), then in Guatemala (south of Mexico), Honduras (to the east) and El Salvador (to the south), and Nicaragua. Smoke is spreading out over the Gulf of Mexico (top) and the Caribbean Sea (right). The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters. Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC Description
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Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua- MODIS
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Aqua
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Aqua
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Caribbean Sea
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Caribbean Sea
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El Salvador
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El Salvador
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf of Mexico
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Honduras
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Honduras
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Nicaragua
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Nicaragua
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Salvador
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Salvador
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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April 30, 2003
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April 30, 2003
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2003
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2003
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UID:
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SPD-ETOBS-10635
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