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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Mexico and Central America
Description:
Scores of fires (red dots) in southern Mexico and Central America dominate this Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqu a satellite on March 17, 2003. Countries shown are (north to south) Mexico, Guatemala (west) and Belize (east), El Salvador (west) and Honduras (east), and Nicaragua.

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 Jacques Descloitres, MOD IS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
El Salvador
facet_where:
Guatemala
facet_where:
Honduras
facet_where:
Nicaragua
facet_where:
Salvador
facet_where:
Belize
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
March 17, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-5680
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Fires in Mexico and Central America