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Fires and smoke in Portugal

Forest fires continue to spring up across Portugal (left) in the second week of August. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on August 12, 2003, shows dozens of actively burning fires marked in red and a pall of smoke hanging over the country. The fires in the south have been difficult to control, with rapidly shifting winds moving the flames erratically. A few active fire detections were made by MODIS in northwest Spain as well.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 12, 2003
Data acquired August 12 - 12, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topic:
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth