Images & Animations
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Credit
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Wildfires, denoted by red squares, speckle the landscapes of Sudan (left) and Ethiopia (right) in this true-color image acquired by MODIS on April 16, 2002. A large number of the fires are burning in and around an area of Sudan know as the Sudd, which can be seen as a green patch running from just left of the image9s center to the bottom-center of the image. Three rivers that flow through this area, the Bahr al-Jebel, the Bahr al-Ghazal, and the Bahr al-Arab, are all brimming with dense aquatic vegetation known also as sudd, which is Arabic for barrier9. This vegetation disperses the water into several different channels, creating the marshy terrain. The vegetation is so thick that the rivers were essentially unable to be navigated by ship until the late 18009s when an effort was made to clear them enough for ships to pass. The channels still must be constantly cleared and maintained in order for ships to pass.
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Sensor
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Visualization Date
2002-04-24
