SeaWiFS: Smoke Plumes over the Gulf States

The air over the Gulf States was very clear in this SeaWiFS image captured on September 27, 2001, providing a good view of numerous smoke plumes all around the region. The smoke may be coming from agricultural fires.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published September 27, 2001
Data acquired September 27, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning