As they do every fall, farmers in northern India burned crop residue following the harvest.
Published Nov 13, 2015
In late-October and November, farmers in northern India burn off crop debris, a practice known as stubble burning.
Published Nov 5, 2014
Since 2003, the number of November crop fires in northern India has increased significantly.
Published Nov 2, 2018
Acquired November 5, 2012, this image shows fires and smoke in the Indian state of Punjab.
Published Nov 7, 2012
Scores of agricultural fires burned in the northwest Indian states of Punjab and Haryana on November 3, 2008.
Published Nov 4, 2008
With ice still on the Angara River, farmers in Russia began preparing their fields for the coming growing season.
Published May 13, 2013
Thousands of fires burning in Southeast Asia were blanketing the region with blue-gray smoke at the time this image was captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite on March 27, 2004. MODIS has been capturing images of the region’s agricultural burning season since early February, but activity seems to have picked up considerably in mid to late March.
Published Mar 29, 2004
