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Fires in South Africa

This true-color image of South Africa shows an early season snow fall in the country of Lesotho (bottom left) on May 8, 2002, in the Drakensberg Mountains. Fires (red dots) were burning in northwest South Africa and southern Mozambique (upper right).


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 13, 2002
Data acquired May 8 - 8, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topic:
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collection:
Visible Earth