The bright blue water of the Gulf of Honduras contrasts sharply with the smokey pall over Guatemala and Belize in this photograph taken from the International Space Station. Fires in the Yucatan Penninsula and northern Central America began burning in early April, and intensified by the end of the month.
Published May 14, 2002Smoke from fires in tropical Mexico and Central America drifted over the U.S. Gulf States.
Published May 4, 2002