10:25 a.m. Local Time
2:40 p.m. Local Time
10:25 a.m. Local Time – April 29, 2017
2:40 p.m. Local Time – April 29, 2017
10:25 a.m. Local Time – April 29, 2017
2:40 p.m. Local Time – April 29, 2017
10:25 a.m. Local Time
2:40 p.m. Local Time
April 29, 2017
Smoke and Fire in South Africa
Winds sent smoke from a bush fire burning near Mossel Bay streaming over the ocean.
At 10:25 a.m. local time (08:25 Universal Time) on April 29, 2017, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image (first) of smoke streaming south from bush fires north of Mossel Bay. When the MODIS on Aqua captured an image (second) in the afternoon, winds had shifted and smoke was headed in the direction of Cape Agulhas. The red hot spots are areas where the thermal bands on the sensors detected temperatures higher than normal.
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NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response . Caption by Adam Voiland.
