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Fires in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo

Hundreds of fires were burning in Angola (left) and Democratic Republic of Congo (upper right) on May 30, 2006, when MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. MODIS also detected fires (locations marked in red) in Zambia (bottom right).


Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory

Published June 4, 2006
Data acquired May 30, 2006

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collections:
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