Fires in Mali and Senegal

  • Credit

    Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

This true-color Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from October 19, 2001, shows dozens of fires burning in the African countrie of Senegal (left) and Mali (right). North is Mauritania. In roughly the center of Mauritania, the dark brown area indicates the location of seasonal lakes and rivers--apparently dry at this time.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2001-12-04