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Fires continued burning throughout Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in early June 2010. The MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image on June 3, 2010. Red dots are hotspots associated with unusually high surface temperatures characteristic of fires.
Agricultural burning is a common practice in this region, and many of these fires have probably been set intentionally to manage crop or pasture land.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 06/03/2010
Resolutions:
1km ( B), 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC