Credit:
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this image of probable oil fires in southern Iraq producing plumes of black smoke that trailed southwestward over the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Thermal signatures are marked with red dots.
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Sensor:
Aqua - MODISData Date:
March 22 - 22, 2003Visualization Date:
March 24, 2003
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