Fires in Central America
Fires inMexico and Central America
20 May 2005
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17 May 2005
Fires in Mexico’s Sierra Madre del Sur
Scores of fires were burning in the mountain chains lining Mexicos Pacific Coast on May 17, 2005. This image shows fires (marked in red) detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite in the southern coastal part of the state of Guerrero. The lush green forests of the Sierra Madre del Sur are partially hidden by smoke. The high-altitude cloud forests and other forest ecosystems in this area are some of Mexicos last remaining large tracts of relatively undisturbed forest. This image has been cropped out of a much larger scene, which shows fires burning up and down the Pacific Coast of Mexico for hundreds of kilometers. (Source: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/)
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