Fires in Angola (lower left) and Republic Democratic of the Congo (upper right)

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

This MODIS true-color image, acquired on June 5, 2001, shows active fires as red dots superimposed on a surface reflectance image of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. MODIS has thermal detector uniquely designed to detect fires as hot as 500K without saturating.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-06-05