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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Southeast Asia
Description:
Widespread fires continued throughout Southeast Asia in mid-April 2006. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on April 11, 2006. Locations where MODIS detected actively burning fires are marked in red. Blue-gray smoke hangs over much of the area, filling the topography. Many of these fires are probably agricultural in nature, but some may be accidental as well. This time of year is part of the area’s dry season. The image shows (clockwise from upper left) India, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.

NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
China
facet_where:
Laos
facet_where:
Myanmar
facet_where:
Thailand
facet_where:
Vietnam
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
April 2006
facet_when:
April 11, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-13490
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Fires in Southeast Asia