Images & Animations
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Credit
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Widespread agricultural fires throughout the month of June sent plumes of carbon monoxide across the Atlantic Ocean towards South America.
Hundreds of fires were smoking across central Africa on May 5, 2004, and were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite during its early afternoon overpass of the region. The fires (marked in red) are scattered across the Democratic Republic of Congo (top) southeast of the Kasai River (upper left) and the northern part of Angola (bottom left).
The widespread nature of the fires and the time of year suggests that these fires are being set intentionally for agricultural purposes. Though not necessarily hazardous, such large-scale burning can have a strong impact on weather, climate, human health, and natural resources.
Metadata
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Sensor
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Start Date
2004-05-05 -
Event Start Date
2004-05-05 -
NH Image ID
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NH Event ID
10361 -
NH Posting Date
2004-05-05
