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Fires in Sumatra

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Aug 05, 2004

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Aqua — MODIS

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Wildfires

2004-08-04 00:00:00

August 4, 2004

Sores of fires (marked in red) were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on August 4, 2004, across Sumatra in Indonesia.

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

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