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Smoky Skies in the Western Amazon

Increasing numbers of deforestation fires are darkening skies in Rondônia and Amazonas.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, VIIRS fire data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, and fire event and fire type data from the GFED Amazon Dashboard team. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published September 1, 2021
Data acquired July 1 - August 31, 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 8 > OLI
NOAA-20 > VIIRS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS