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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires Near Lake Malawi, Africa
Description:
In southeastern Africa, scores of fires were burning on September 25, 2004, in Mozambique south of Lake Malawi, whose southern tip is at the top center of the image. Active fire detections made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MO DIS) on NASA’s Aqu a satellite are marked in red. The fires created a layer of smoke that darkened the surface of the land beneath it. At upper left in the image, the turquoise-colored body of water is the Cahora Basso Lake, created by a dam on the Zambeze River just inside Mozambique after the river leaves its course along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Zambia
facet_where:
Zimbabwe
facet_where:
Mozambique
facet_where:
Malawi
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
September 25, 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-12470
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Fires Near Lake Malawi, Africa