November 2, 2009
A fire at an oil depot south of Jiapur, India, that began on October 29, 2009, was still burning on November 2 when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image. At the time of this image, winds were pushing a black plume of smoke southeast toward the Banas River, however, at other times, the smoke blew northward into the city.
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NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey, NASA Earth Observatory.
