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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Southeast Asia
Description:
On Feb. 19, 2003, the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite captured this image of fires (red dots) scattered across India (top left), Myanmar (center), southern China (top right), Laos (center right), and Thailand (bottom right). In China, smog from the northeast can be seen filling the valleys. This image is centered farther west than others in this series.

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:
China
facet_where:
Laos
facet_where:
Myanmar
facet_where:
Thailand
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-5417
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Fires in Southeast Asia