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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires Near Cape Town
Description:
In South Africa, southeast of Cape Town, wildfires were burning out of control in several locations on February 1, 2006. According to news reports, fires were threatening homes and resort buildings in the region. Hot, dry, windy weather was predicted through the weekend. This image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. A huge plume of smoke drifts out over the Atlantic Ocean.

The large version of the image has a spatial resolution of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides daily images of this region.

NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Atlantic Ocean
facet_where:
South Africa
facet_where:
Cape Town
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
February 1, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13340
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Fires Near Cape Town