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Fires Spread Smoke over Buenos Aires

Smoke from fires set by farmers to clear land for livestock grazing in the floodplain of the Parana River northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, degraded local air quality and forced road closures due to poor visibility. moke flows southeast over Buenos Aires and the muddy waters of the Rio de la Plata Estuary.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 17, 2008
Data acquired April 17, 2008

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Aqua > MODIS