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Fires were still burning across the Llanos on January 13, 2003. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows Columbia (left) and Venezuela (right) and numerous fires (red dots) scattered across the region.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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