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Fires in West Africa

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Nov 07, 2002
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2024-11-05 12:00:00
November 5, 2002

On November 5, 2002, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this true-color image of West Africa and numerous fires (red dots) burning the throughout the Sahel and savannas of Senegal (center left), Mali (center right), and Guinea (bottom).

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Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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