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Fires are scattered across northeast Brazil in this true-color image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Terra satellite on November 10, 2003. Active fire detections appear as red dots.
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response System
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