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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Southern India
Description:
Numerous scattered fires (red dots) were detected by the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite across southern India on January 31, 2003. Fire are especially concentrated in the Nallamala Hills region of the Eastern Ghats along India’s Indian Ocean coast (right). Fires also drape down the Western Ghat Mountains on India’s Arabian Sea coast (left).

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Arabian Sea
facet_where:
Indian Ocean
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
January 31, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-5391
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Fires in Southern India