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Stubble Burning in Punjab, India

As they do every fall, farmers in northern India burned crop residue following the harvest.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption and image annotations by Adam Voiland.

Published November 13, 2015
Data acquired November 6, 2015

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collection:
MODIS Image of the Day