Fires in Manitoba, Canada

To the southwest of Hudson Bay (upper right), multiple large fires were burning across Manitoba (left) and Ontario (right) on July 2, 2003. The Northeast region of Manitoba has experienced 265 wildfires already this year, which have burned more than 130,000 hectares (more than 320,000 acres). In Ontario, there were 25 active fires of various sizes burning over an area of 262,715 hectares (almost 650,000 acres) as of June 30. These images and fire detection were made by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published July 3, 2003
Data acquired July 2 - 2, 2003

Source:

Aqua > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

Visible Earth