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Smoke hangs over southern Africa on August 20, 2003, fromthe scores of active fires burning in the region and in places farthernorth. The active fire detections made by the Moderate ResolutionImaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite acrossZimbabwe (top left), Mozambique (right), South Africa (lower left), andLesotho (bottom center) have been marked in red in the image.
Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.
Published August 20, 2003 Data acquired August 20, 2003