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Thriving With Fires

Frequent fires in the pine forests in the southeastern United States enable trees and other wildlife to flourish.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Bobwhite quail photo by Jessica Mohlman, University of Georgia Gamebird and Managed Ecosystems Lab. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published March 24, 2023
Data acquired March 14, 2023

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Photograph
Suomi NPP > VIIRS