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This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 21, 2003, shows fires (red dots) smoking in central Kyushu Island in southern Japan.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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