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Wildfire on Santa María

Plumes streaming from this mountain in Guatemala are usually related to volcanic activity. But in March 2018, a wildfire burned on its slopes.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jeff Schmaltz, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published March 23, 2018
Data acquired March 22, 2018

Source:
Terra > MODIS