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Fires in Mexico and Central America

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Apr 12, 2004
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Fires in Mexico and Central America
April 11, 2004

Through patchy clouds, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite got a peek at the progressing biomass burning season in southern Mexico and northern Central America on April 11, 2004. Actively burning fires detected by MODIS are marked in orange in this scene, which centers on the southern Gulf of Mexico (center top) and the Yucatan Peninsula (right).

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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC

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