GFMC: Bush and Forest Fires in India
05 February 2003
Numerous scattered fires (red dots) were detected by the ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite across southern India on January 31, 2003. Fire are especially concentrated in the Nallamala Hills region of the Eastern Ghats along Indias Indian Ocean coast (right). Fires also drape down the Western Ghat Mountains on Indias Arabian Sea coast (left).
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel.
For details see: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?topic=fire
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