Fires in Northern Mexico

Thick plumes of smoke wafted west over the Pacific Ocean on powerful winds on November 19, 2005. The smoke was pouring from wildfires, marked with red boxes, burning just south of Tijuana, Mexico.

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

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

Published November 22, 2005
Data acquired November 19, 2005

Source:: Aqua > MODIS