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More Fires!

Posted by feww on August 26, 2010

Where There’s Fire …

Satellite Images Capture about 150,000 Fires Burning in S. America


Some 148,946 fires, outlined in red, were burning on August 23, 2010 when MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. “Most of the fires are concentrated in Bolivia, where the governments of two states had declared a state of emergency because of widespread fires three days earlier. Scores of fires also burn in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.”
Source: NASA E/O. Click image to enlarge. Download large image (11 MB, JPEG). For ull caption click here.

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