Fires in East Africa
February 28, 2013
Numerous fires (marked with red dots) were burning across eastern Africa on June 10, 2003. The fires appear most heavily concentrated east of Lake Tanganyika (left edge) in Tanzania, but are also scattered across Zambia (bottom left) and Mozambique (bottom right). The fires are part of the typical agricultural burning that occurs in the region, where people set fires to clear land and prepare it for planting and ranching. This Aqua MODIS image was acquired on June 10, 2003.
Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Topics:
Environment, Earth, Africa, Political geography, Tanzania, Zambia, east Africa, Lake Tanganyika, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Member states of the United Nations, Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, Member states of the African Union, Least Developed Countries
