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Large Fires in Northern Mexico

These two images, taken by the Landsat-5 satellite on April 9, 2011, illustrate the challenge facing firefighters combating two large wildfires in northern Mexico’s Coahuila state.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Large Fires in Northern Mexico.

NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat 5 data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published April 14, 2011
Data acquired April 9, 2011

Source:: Landsat 5 > TM