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Burn scar in eastern Mongolia (false color)

An angry red burn scar rakes across the eastern edges of Mongolia, just south of the lake Buyr Nuur, in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image taken on October 23, 2003 by the Terra satellite. Bare earth appears tan and pink, while vegetation is bright green. Clouds are light blue. Still dark red, the burn scar is the result of a fire that had burned sometime during the previous week, as an image of the area taken on October 18, 2003 shows no signs of fire.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 23, 2003
Data acquired October 23 - 23, 2003

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Agriculture > Forest Science > Forest Fire Science
Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Characteristics
Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Occurrence
Biosphere > Vegetation > Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration
Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth