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Data acquired August 6 - 6, 2003 600 x 800 106 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 6 - 6, 2003 1200 x 1600 387 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 6 - 6, 2003 2400 x 3200 1 MB - JPEG
After a week of intense efforts by thousands of firefighters, the blazes that swept across Portugal in the beginning of August appear to be coming under control. Compared to images captured at the height of the fires’ activity, this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured on August 6, 2003, shows fewer active fire detections (red dots) and much less smoke. When the skies clear over the terrain in the center of the image (under the smoke and clouds), a large burn scar will become visible.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published August 6, 2003 Data acquired August 6 - 6, 2003