Fires in South East Asia
Fires in South East Asia
10 March 2009
Fires in Burma, Thailand, and Laos
Thick smoke hung over the eastern Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, and Laos on 9 March 2009, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite passed over head and captured this image. Scores of active fires (red outlines) were detected. During the winter dry season, intentional fires for agriculture, brush clearing, and trash disposal are common in Southeast Asia. Intentional fires also get out of control, however, and some of these fires could be accidental forest fires. Although agricultural burning is not necessarily immediately hazardous, it can have a major impact on air quality and human health, climate, and natural resources.
AQUA
9 March 2009
The large image provided above is at MODIS maximum spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel.
(source: earth observatory)
Fires in Eastern India and Northwest Burma (Myanmar)
Scores of active fires were burning in eastern India and the mountainous provinces of northwest Burma (Myanmar) on 9 March 2009, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured this photo-like image. Locations where the sensor detected active fires are outlined in red. Agricultural and other land-maintenance fires are common in the area this time of year (dry season), so many of these fires were probably intentionally started by people. However, as in all parts of the world, intentional fires occasionally get out of control. Some of the larger or smokier fires in this scene could be accidental forest fires.
AQUA
9 March 2009
The large image provided above is at MODIS maximum spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel.
(source: earth observatory)
