Fires and smoke across Mato Grosso, Brazil

This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the the Terra satellite on July 2, 2003, shows fires (red dots), smoke, and deforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil (right), and Bolivia (bottom left). At image right, the Xingu National Park and Indigenous Peoples Preserve hangs like a green pendulum down from the still-intact stretches of Amazon Rainforest to the north.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published July 3, 2003
Data acquired July 2 - 2, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Deforestation

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response