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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in West Africa
Description:
Africa?s north-of-the-equator fire season is still underway on January 28, 2003. This Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image captured by the Aqu a satellite shows scores of fires (red dots) mingling their smoke with Saharan dust blowing out over the Atlantic. Countries shown are clockwise from top left) Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and The Gambia.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Guinea
facet_where:
Leone
facet_where:
Liberia
facet_where:
Sierra Leone
facet_where:
Mauritania
facet_where:
Gambia
facet_where:
Senegal
facet_where:
Bissau
facet_where:
Mali
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
January 28, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-5376
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Fires in West Africa