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Fires in Central and Southern Africa

August 1, 2002JPEG

Numerous fires (red dots) are burning near the Okavango River Delta (broom stick feature) in southern Africa on August 1, 2002. (White marks indicate regions of data loss.)

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

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Instrument:: Terra — MODIS

Fires in Central and Southern Africa, July 2002

Hundreds of fires were burning in several central and southern African countries during the annual burning season. These images show fires scattered across Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Angola, and Zambia from late July and into September 2002.