In the northwestern corner of Guatemala, mostly intact tropical forests flank a wide swath of land that people have cleared for agriculture. During the dry season, which runs roughly from February-May, both accidental and intentional fires are common. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer modis.gsfc.nasa.gov (MODIS) on NASA's aqua.nasa.gov Aqua satellite from April 11, 2007, shows scores of fires (locations marked in red) burning in the agricultural areas of Guatemala and to the west, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.
The large image provided above has a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel, and it shows a wider part of Mexico, including the Yucatan Peninsula, and Central America. The MODIS Rapid Response Team provides rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/?CAmerica_2_03/2007101 twice-daily images of the region in additional resolutions.
NASA image courtesy the rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center
| Date Taken: | 08.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 10.19.2012 16:00 |
| Photo ID: | 752898 |
| Resolution: | 4400x4400 |
| Size: | 2.8 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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