Images & Animations
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Credit
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC
The MODIS sensor on the Aqua satellite captured this image of fires burning in North and South Korea on April 18, 2004.
Ongoing fire activity was detected in North Korea on April 18, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. In this scene, actively burning fires have been marked with orange dots. As spring progresses, agricultural biomass burning creeps northward. Fires were also detected in northern China, at the top right of the scene. Although it is not necessarily immediately 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
2004-04-18 -
Event Start Date
2004-04-09 -
NH Image ID
12076 -
NH Event ID
10335 -
NH Posting Date
2004-04-19
