Fires in Mexico
Fires in Mexico and Central America
15 April 2005
Latest satellite image:
14 April 2005 (AQUA satellite)
NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
On April 10, 2005, scores of fires in southern Mexico and northern Guatemala were billowing smoke that spread northward over the Gulf of Mexico. This image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite. Active fire locations have been marked with red dots. A high concentration of fires runs in a rough line between northwestern Guatemala and the Laguna de Terminos (image center), on the southern coast of Mexicos Campeche state. Gray smoke spreads northward over the Gulf. The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at additional resolutions.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC
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