Subj : MODIS Pic of the Day 07 July 2023
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From : Dan Richter
Date : Fri Jul 07 2023 12:00:10

July 7, 2023 - Agricultural Fire in Africa

   Fires in Africa
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   Many hundreds of fires dotted central Africa in early June 2023. The
   Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua
   satellite acquired a true-color image spanning the continent from Lake
   Tanganyika to the Pacific Ocean. Each red “hot spot” marks an area of
   actively burning fire, and they are abundant in Zambia (east),
   Democratic Republic of Congo (north and central), and Angola (west).

   The widespread nature of the fires, their location, and the time of
   year all suggest that people are intentionally setting most of these
   fires for agricultural purposes. People in Africa have used fire for
   hundreds, possibly thousands, of years as an agricultural and land
   management tool. In the dry season, they set fires to clear brush and
   dead vegetation from farm and grazing land and to deal with household
   trash. The dry season in central Africa spans roughly May through
   September, with fire season peaking in July through August.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 7/5/2023
   Resolutions:  1km (596.2 KB),  500m (1.8 MB),  250m (5.4 MB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-07
 
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