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A smoldering fire that burned through soil underground and up hollow palm trunks left this distinctive burn scar along the Peruaçu River.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Jose Eugenio Cortes Figueira (Federal University of Minas Gerais) and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes (Federal University of Minas Gerais).
Published September 5, 2017 Data acquired August 11, 2017