One large and a few smaller fires were detected near the US-Mexico border in the Mexican state of Baja California Norte on July 1, 2003. The largest fire is actually a group of four fires (see high-resolution image) burning in the foothills of the Sierra de Juarez mountains, southeast of Tijuana, which makes a grayish patch on the Pacific Coast at the U.S.-Mexico border. Other fires are visible farther south.
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS? maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
