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Fires in Brazil

Satellites begin to detect heightened fire activity in July and August in the Amazon.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published August 16, 2019
Data acquired August 11 - 13, 2019

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS