Biomass burning is occurring across a broad section of eastern India on March 24, 2003. This image shows active fire detections marked in red. The image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.
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.
GSFCImage courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA
