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Data acquired March 21, 2005 600 x 800 185 KB - JPEG
Data acquired March 21, 2005 1200 x 1600 621 KB - JPEG
Data acquired March 21, 2005 2400 x 3200 2 MB - JPEG
Scores of smoky fires were burning across Myanmar, India, and Bangladesh on March 21, 2005, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image. The fires, which are marked in red, are most strongly clustered in India in the upper left corner of the image. Fire is a tool commonly used in agriculture to clear ground. The widespread nature of these fires suggests that they are probably agricultural fires. In the lower left corner of the image, the Bay of Bengal reflects sunlight back to the satellite, giving the ocean’s surface a silvery appearance.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published March 21, 2005 Data acquired March 21, 2005