Images & Animations
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Credit
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
On April 9, 2003, Aqua MODIS detected a high concentration of fires in Sierra Leone in West Africa.
The west-central Africa fire season is currently underway, and widespread biomass burning (red dots) is apparent in this true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite captured on January 3, 2003. Countries pictured are (clockwise from top left) Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and the Gambia.
Metadata
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Sensor
Aqua/MODIS -
Start Date
2003-01-03 -
Event Start Date
2002-11-02 -
NH Image ID
5327 -
NH Event ID
5158 -
NH Posting Date
2003-01-08
