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Biomass Burning in Southeast Asia

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Apr 19, 2002
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April 8, 2002

Forest fires continue to burn across Southeast Asia. The fires have been burningfor about a month, prolonged in part by an extraordinarily long dry season.

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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