Fires in Spain and Portugal
Fires in Spain and Portugal
8August 2006
According to news reports, hot and dry conditions settling in across the Iberian Peninsula brought devastating wildfires to Spain and Portugal in early August 2006. This image of the area was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite on 7 August 2006. Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are outlined in red. Smoke spills out over the Atlantic Ocean.
TERRA
7 August 2006
The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters perpixel.
(source: EarthObservatory)
See also some selected news reports from the media:
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Officials extend forest fire alert (published by english.pravda.ru, 8 August 2006)
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Incendios forestales continúan arrasando España y Portugal (published by www.miami.com, 8 August 2006)
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Man dies in attempt to fight Galicia forest fire (published by www.eitb24.com, 8 August 2006)
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Feux de forêt au Portugal: plus de 700 pompiers mobilisés (published by www.24heures.ch, 5 August 2006)
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Deux tués dans un feu de forêt dans le nord de l’Espagne (published by www.swissinfo.org, 5 August 2006)