Fires in Central America and Southern Mexico
February 19, 2013
On March 1, 2003, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite detected widespread fires (red dots) scattered across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Belize (to the southeast), Guatemala (to the southwest), El Salvador (center, west coast), Honduras (center, east coast), Nicaragua, and the northern part of Costa Rica (bottom right). At upper right is the Caribbean Sea, and at lower left is the Pacific Ocean.
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Topics:
Environment, Spaceflight, Earth, Spacecraft, Belize, Aqua, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
