Fires in West Africa

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

The burning season in West Africa is still underway in March 2003. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite shows widespread fires (red dots) burning in (top) Guinea, (left) Sierra Leone, and (right) Liberia.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2003-04-09