Visible Earth: Fires in Central America and southern Mexico

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Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Fires (red dots) continue to burn across southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America. Countries shown are (from bottom right) Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize (to the northeast), and Mexico. At bottom left, sun glints off the Pacific Ocean. At top and right are the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

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2003-03-07

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Fires in Central America and southern Mexico

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