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Fires in Mozambique

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Nov 04, 2002
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Fires in Mozambique
November 4, 2002

Southeast of Lake Malawi, numerous fires (red dots) were burning in the Zambezia and Nampula regions of the African country of Mozambique. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on November 4, 2002.

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

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