Fires in Central America

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This image shows smoke and fires (red pixels) observed by the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite. Possibly hundreds of small fires are scattered across Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2002-05-03