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Data acquired February 1, 2006 540 x 405 JPEG
Data acquired February 1, 2006 3840 x 2880 2 MB - JPEG
Data acquired February 1, 2006 3556 x 2224 20 MB - GeoTIFF
In South Africa, southeast of Cape Town, wildfires were burning out of control in several locations on February 1, 2006. According to news reports, fires were threatening homes and resort buildings in the region. Hot, dry, windy weather was predicted through the weekend.
NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
Published February 1, 2006 Data acquired February 1, 2006