Fires in Kazakhstan

On September 20, 2002, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Kazakhstan and numerous fires (red dots) burning there. The fires are, for the most part, agricultural fires. The patchwork of small rectangles that dominates the northern part of the image shows plots of farm or ranch land. Some of the larger blazes to the south may be grassland fires, or agricultural burns that got out of control.

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

Published October 25, 2002
Data acquired September 20 - 20, 2002

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collections:

MODIS Rapid Response

Visible Earth