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Widespread Fires in South America

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Oct 10, 2002
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October 6, 2002

The Andes Mountains (image left) create an effective barrier to the smoke billowing from scores, possibly hundreds, of fires burning across central South America. This true-color image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on October 6, 2002. Fire detections are marked with red dots.

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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC

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