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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Agricultural Fires in Northern India
Description:
Smoke from agricultural fires in northern India continues to back up against the Himalaya Mountains on November 6, 2003. This image shows a river of haze stretching all the way from the Indus River valley (top left) eastward to where the Ganges River empties into the Bay of Bengal (right center edge). At top, the skies over the Tibetan Plateau are clear. This image was captured by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Ter ra satellite.

Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Terra- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Indus
facet_where:
Bay of Bengal
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
November 6, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-11829
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Agricultural Fires in Northern India