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Data acquired April 18 - 18, 2003 1400 x 1050 332 KB - JPEG
Data acquired April 18 - 18, 2003 2800 x 2100 1 MB - JPEG
Data acquired April 18 - 18, 2003 5600 x 4200 3 MB - JPEG
Fires continue to rage across southern Mexico (left), the Yucatan Peninsula (center), and Central America, especially Guatemala (south of Mexico.) The fires have been burning off and on for over a month, periodically sending a river of smoke northward across the Gulf of Mexico toward Cuba and the southern United States. This image of the fires (red dots) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on April 18, 2003.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 19, 2003 Data acquired April 18 - 18, 2003