Smoke from widespread fires in tropical Mexico and Central America appears to be drifting over the U.S. Gulf States. In 1998 similar circumstances resulted in air-quality warnings being issued in several U.S. states, including Texas and Louisiana. The top image shows smoke and fires (red pixels) observed by the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite. Possibly hundreds of small fires are scattered across Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The lower image, acquired by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), shows smoke from these fires carried by the prevailing winds across the Gulf of Mexico and over the United States.
NASA Identifier: ge_02414
| Date Taken: | 06.27.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.08.2013 07:55 |
| Photo ID: | 840657 |
| Resolution: | 2192x1644 |
| Size: | 1.35 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, D.C., US |
| Web Views: | 15 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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