Fires in West Africa - related image preview

1100 x 850
207 KB Bytes - JPEG

Fires in West Africa - related image preview

2200 x 1700
745 KB Bytes - JPEG

Fires in West Africa - related image preview

4400 x 3400
2 MB Bytes - JPEG

Fires in West Africa

Fire activity in Africa south of the Sahara Desert migrates across the continent with the seasons. In the Sahel and savannas just south of the Sahara, the agricultural burning season begins in fall and progresses toward a peak of activity in mid-winter. In this image of western Africa, fires (marked in red) have been detected across several West African nations: (clockwise from right center) Mali, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and the Gambia. At top is Mauritania. This image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on November 14, 2003.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 17, 2003
Data acquired November 14 - 14, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topics:
Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Deserts
Biosphere > Terrestrial Habitat > Desert
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires