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Data acquired April 20 - 20, 2003 950 x 1250 269 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 20 - 20, 2003 1900 x 2500 866 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 20 - 20, 2003 3800 x 5000 2 MB - JPEG
On April 20, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of fires burning across the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America. The fires, marked in red, are billowing thick smoke, which has pooled into the nooks and crannies of the rugged terrain. The smoke is stretching northward over the Gulf of Mexico.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 21, 2003 Data acquired April 20 - 20, 2003