Agricultural Fires in Northern India

A cluster of agricultural fires shrouds the foothills of the Himalayas with smoke in this image of northern India from November 6, 2003.

Smoke from agricultural fires in northwest India continued to fill the front range of the Himalaya Mountains with smoke on November 3, 2003. This image is from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-11-03

  • Event Start Date

    2003-10-12

  • NH Image ID

    11823

  • NH Event ID

    10182

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-11-05