Fires and smoke across Portugal

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Nine people have been killed in forest fires in Portugal, which continue to grow in the dry, hot conditions existing across the country. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite shows dozens of active fires detected by the sensor marked in red. The huge blazes concentrated in central Portugal are billowing a cloud of smoke that blankets most of the northern part of the country. This image was acquired on August 3, 2003.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2003-08-03