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Data acquired August 27 - September 23, 2008 3 MB - MOV
Data acquired August 27 - September 23, 2008 554 KB - MOV
Data acquired August 27, 2008 3184 x 3641 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 27, 2008 4448 x 4000 48 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 28, 2008 3184 x 3641 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 28, 2008 4448 x 4000 47 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 30, 2008 3184 x 3641 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 30, 2008 4448 x 4000 48 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired September 9, 2008 3184 x 3641 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 9, 2008 4448 x 4000 48 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired September 10, 2008 3184 x 3641 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 10, 2008 4448 x 4000 48 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired September 23, 2008 3184 x 3641 5 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 23, 2008 4448 x 4000 50 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 27 - September 23, 2008 312 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired August 27 - September 23, 2008 JPEG
Beginning in late August 2008, fire broke out near the western border of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. By late September, some 40,000 square kilometers (about 15,500 square miles) had burned, scorching roughly 80 percent of the park, according to news reports.
NASA images and animation by Jesse Allen and Rebecca Lindsey based on data courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott and Rebecca Lindsey.
Published September 26, 2008 Data acquired August 27 - September 23, 2008