Fires and Smoke Across Southeast Asia

Skies across Southeast Asia were thick with smoke from hundreds of fires, probably agriculture related, on March 3, 2010.

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Fires in Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam

Fires dotted the landscape between Burma and Vietnam on February 10, 2010.

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Fires in Burma, Thailand, and Laos

Thick smoke hung over eastern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, and Laos on March 9, 2009, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over head and captured this image. Scores of active fires (red outlines) were detected.

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Widespread Fires, Smoky Skies Across Southeast Asia

Hundreds of fires in Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam were creating smoky skies on March 5, 2010.

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Fires in Southeast Asia

This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on February 23, 2009, shows widespread fires across Southeast Asia. Fires were detected in India, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.

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Fires in Southeast Asia

At the end of the dry season, fires are lit throughout agricultural and residential landscapes in Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand. Smoke is usually thickest in March and April.

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