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Fires in the Philippines

Roughly a dozen fires (red pixels) dotted the landscape on the main Philippine island of Luzon on April 1, 2002. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor’s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.


Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Published April 9, 2002
Data acquired April 1, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS