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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in New Guinea
Description:
Fires continued to burn across the southern part of the island of New Guinea on October 27, 2003. The Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite captured this image of dozens of active fires burning across both Irian Jaya (left) and Papua New Guinea (right); fires have been marked with red dots.

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:
Guinea
facet_where:
Papua New Guinea
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
October 27, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11801
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Fires in New Guinea