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Natural Hazards >> Fires >> Fires in Southeast Africa
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Fires in Southeast Africa
As the dry season matures in southeastern Africa in late September, agricultural burning becomes more widespread across Tanzania and Mozambique. This image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on September 23, 2007. Places where MODIS detected active fires are marked in red. In the savannas and grasslands of Africa, thousands of fires are set each dry season to clear brush from cropland and pasture, to move game, and to burn the stubble from already harvested fields. Although it is not necessarily immediately hazardous, such large-scale burning can have a strong impact on weather, climate, human health, and natural resources. The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides twice-daily images of the region in additional resolutions. NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center Recommend this Image to a Friend Fires: Topic Home | Archive | Related Links Natural Hazards Home | Section FAQ
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Image Posted September 24, 2007 Satellite & Sensor Aqua- MODIS Fires Latest Events Fires in Madagascar Fires near Los Angeles, California Fires in Oregon and Northern California Fire in the Kalahari Fires in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa Fires in Central South America
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