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A Band of Fire in Sub-Saharan Africa

Every year, a massive band of manmade fire emerges in satellite imagery of northern Sub-Saharan Africa in November.


NASA Earth Observatory map (first) by Joshua Stevens. NASA images (second, third) by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Charles Ichoku.

Published February 9, 2016
Data acquired January 30, 2016

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS