Fires and Smoke in Thailand

Many fires continue to burn across Southeast Asia, filling the skies with a thick pall of smoke. This most recent scene over the region was acquired on April 5, 2002.

As can be seen in this true-color scene acquired on March 13, 2002, there were many fires burning across Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia on March 13, 2002, filling the skies with smoke across much of the landscape. This image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA?s Terra satellite. The red boxes (see the high-resolution image) indicate the areas recently burned or still burning.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2002-03-13

  • Event Start Date

    2002-03-13

  • NH Image ID

    2608

  • NH Event ID

    2608

  • NH Posting Date

    2002-03-17