Widely Scattered Fires across Central Africa

Widely Scattered Fires across Central Africa

In southern Sudan (left) and eastern Ethiopia (right) NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite saw numerous fires burning on November 5, 2002. A faint, sinuous, gray-green line winding through the top center of the image is the Nile.

Image courtesy Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC