Seasonal Fires are Burning in Angola - related image preview

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Seasonal Fires are Burning in Angola

Fire season peaks every August in some parts of southern Africa.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Black Marble from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published August 30, 2019
Data acquired August 22, 2019

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
Earth at Night