Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in South Asia
Description:
Widespread agricultural (slash-and-burn) fires across northeastern India and Myanmar on the afternoon of March 20, 2006, left a shroud of smoke hanging over the landscape the following morning. These images of the area were captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra (March 21) and Aqua (March 20) satellites. Fires have been burning throughout the region since February, as people prepare for spring planting. While these fires are not necessarily immediately hazardous, such widespread burning can have a strong impact on air quality and human health, natural resources, and climate. The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides daily images of this area in a variety of resolutions and formats.

NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Bangladesh
facet_where:
Myanmar
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
March 20, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13428
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Fires in South Asia