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Fires in West Africa

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2024-04-09 12:00:00
April 9, 2003

The burning season in West Africa is still underway in March 2003. This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite shows widespread fires (red dots) burning in (top) Guinea, (left) Sierra Leone, and (right) Liberia.

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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

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