Latin America

Fires in  South America 

07 March 2003

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Latest Satellite Image  from South America :

Fires Across the Llanos
Widespread fires are producing smoky skies over Columbia (left) and Venezuela (right) on March 4, 2003. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite shows fire detections marked with red dots.
Source:NASA/ EO

Fires in Mexico and Central America
On March 1, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected widespread fires (red dots) scattered across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize (to the southeast), Guatemala (to the southwest), El Salvador (center, west coast), Honduras (center, east coast), Nicaragua, and the northern part of Costa Rica (bottom right). At upper right is the Caribbean Sea, and at lower left is the Pacific Ocean.
Source:NASA/ EO

 

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