Fires in Mozambique
Fires in Mozambique
8August 2006
Scores of fires were burning in Mozambique on 4 August 2006, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite passed overhead. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. Smoke streams eastward over the Mozambique Channel, at the right side of the image. The widespread nature of the fires suggests that these are intentional agricultural fires that people are using to clear or renew crop or range land. Although it is not necessarily immediately hazardous, such large-scale burning can have a strong impact on weather, climate, human health, and naturalresources.
AQUA
4 August 2006
The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters perpixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
For background information on the Fire Situation in Africa see:
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IFFN Country Reports on Central African countries
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The South African Working on Fire Programme
