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Fires in eastern India

Biomass burning is occurring across a broad section of eastern India on March 24, 2003. This image shows active fire detections marked in red. The image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published March 24, 2003
Data acquired March 24 - 24, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topics:
Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth