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Fires in southcentral China

This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on Feb.9, 2003, shows scores of fires (red dots) scattered across south-central China (top) and Vietnam (bottom). The south-central Chinese provinces of Yunnan (which dominates the left and center parts of the image) and Guizhou (right center) are higher in elevation than the terrain to the north. Pollution from large cities to the north obscures the top part of the image, and is creeping southward into valleys at top left.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published February 12, 2003
Data acquired February 9 - 9, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topics:
Atmosphere > Air Quality > Emissions
Atmosphere > Air Quality > Smog
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collection:
Visible Earth