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Fires along the Southeast African coast

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Nov 18, 2003
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2003-11-17 00:00:00
November 17, 2003

A line of fires (red dots) is spread across the Drakensberg Mountains along Africa’s southeastern coastline in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from November 17, 2003. A few of the fires have noticeable smoke plumes. The image shows parts of southern Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho.

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

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