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Data acquired August 20 - 20, 2003 900 x 1200 257 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 20 - 20, 2003 1800 x 2400 815 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 20 - 20, 2003 3600 x 4800 2 MB - JPEG
Smoke hangs over southern Africa on August 20, 2003, from the scores of active fires burning in the region and in places farther north. The active fire detections made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite across Zimbabwe (top left), Mozambique (right), South Africa (lower left), and Lesotho (bottom center) have been marked in red in the image.
Jacques Descloitres,MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published August 20, 2003 Data acquired August 20 - 20, 2003