Fire Season in Northern Africa
Fire Season in Northern Africa
6 December 2005
Thousands of fires were burning across the savannas of northern Africa south of the Sahara Desert in early December 2005. The regions dry season lasts through the winter months and into early spring, and during that time people use fire to manage farm and range land.
AQUA
5 December 2005
14:35 hrs UTC
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This image from 5 December 2005, shows widespread fire activity (active fire locations marked in red) detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS) on NASAs Aquasatellite.
(source: EarthObservatory)
