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Fires and Deforestation in Brazil

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Oct 24, 2002
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2024-10-23 12:00:00
October 23, 2002

Fires are scattered across central Brazil, from the Amazon Rainforests to the north of the image to the purplish-looking wetlands at lower left. This true-color image was acquired on October 23, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite. Fire detections are marked with red dots.

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

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