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Finding Fires in Peru

Peru’s intense fire season in 2016 saw burning extend into 11 of the country’s protected areas.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership provided by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published February 10, 2017
Data acquired November 20, 2016

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Collections:
Amazon Deforestation
Applied Sciences
MODIS Rapid Response