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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Agricultural Fires in Northern India
Description:
Fires crowd up to the border of India (right) and Pakistan (left) at the foothills of the Himalaya Mountains. The fires are likely for agricultural purposes, and they have been marked in this Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite with red dots. The image was captured on October 14, 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 Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Pakistan
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
October 14, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11775
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Agricultural Fires in Northern India