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This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was captured on October 5, 2002, by NASA’s Terra satellite. The Amazon River stretches across the top of the scene in a brown line, and numerous fires are indicated with red dots in the southern half of the image.
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC
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Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.
Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across the region.
Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.
