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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Forest Fires in Portugal
Description:
A huge plume of smoke drifts westward over the Atlantic Ocean from a massive forest fire in southwestern Portugal in this Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite. The active fire locations have been enhanced in yellow. This image was acquired on September 13, 2003.

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 Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Portugal
facet_where:
Atlantic Ocean
facet_where:
Morocco
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 13, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11709
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Forest Fires in Portugal