Suggested Searches

 

1 min read

Fires in Eastern Africa

NASA Earth Observatory

Oct 02, 2009
Article
Instruments:
Topics:
2009-10-01 00:00:00
October 1, 2009

Fires, probably related to agriculture, burned near the shores of three east African lakes in early October 2009. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on October 1, 2009. Fires, marked by red dots, appear especially numerous along the western shore of Lake Tanganyika. Fires also burn south and west of Lake Mweru. Isolated fires also burn along the shores of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa).

References & Resources

NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.

Downloads

2009-10-01 00:00:00

October 1, 2009

JPEG (10.72 MB)

You may also be interested in:

Stay up-to-date with the latest content from NASA as we explore the universe and discover more about our home planet.
A Most Unusual Lake
4 min read

Lake Unter-See in Antarctica, sealed beneath thick ice, has unusual water chemistry and cone-shaped microbial structures resembling some of Earth’s…

Article
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz
3 min read

The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during…

Article
Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands
3 min read

Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.

Article
Keep Exploring

Discover More from NASA Earth Science

Subscribe to Earth Observatory Newsletters

Subscribe to the Earth Observatory and get the Earth in your inbox.

Earth Observatory Image of the Day

NASA's Earth Observatory brings you the Earth, every day, with in-depth stories and stunning imagery.

Explore Earth Science

Earth Science Data

Open access to NASA’s archive of Earth science data