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September 12, 2009 - Smoke and Fires in Borneo
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Thick smoke covered much of southern Borneo in September 2009. The smoke was so dense on September 6 that it hid the ground from view. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on the same day. The smoke is clearly coming from fires burning in Kalimantan, the Indonesian half of the island of Borneo. In this tropical region, the widespread fires were almost certainly deliberately set to clear land. The places where MODIS detected hot spots, probably fires, are marked in red.
The haze was dense enough to close schools and airports in Kalimantan on September 8, said the Jakarta Post. Fires and the resulting haze are common in Borneo during the dry season.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 09/06/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Thick smoke covered much of southern Borneo in September 2009. The smoke was so dense on September 6 that it hid the ground from view. The MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image on the same day. The smoke is clearly coming from fires burning in Kalimantan, the Indonesian half of the island of Borneo. In this tropical region, the widespread fires were almost certainly deliberately set to clear land. The places where MODIS detected hot spots, probably fires, are marked in red.
The haze was dense enough to close schools and airports in Kalimantan on September 8, said the Jakarta Post. Fires and the resulting haze are common in Borneo during the dry season.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Terra
Date Acquired: 09/06/2009
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
