File:Senegal satellite fires.jpeg

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The red dots sprinkled all across this true-color image show the locations of fires in Gambia and Senegal, mostly located in the African tropical savannas just south of the Sahel region.

  • Many fires were burning in this region throughout February 2002.

  • This scene was acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra satellite, on Feb. 15.
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Source Cropped from: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=2521
Author Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC
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