Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock

  • Released Thursday, September 5, 2002
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This animation shows a unique picture of seasonal and yearly fire activity. Here, global fire activity is displayed as tiny particles on a flat map with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. A clock inset shows the date.

This animation shows seasonal fire activity from 8-21-2001 to 8-20-2002 on a flat map with a clock showing the date.

Video slate image reads "Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock".

Video slate image reads "Annual Portrait of Global Fires during 2001 and 2002 on a Flat Map with Clock".

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Fire location data courtesy of MODIS Rapid Response Project
(NASA/GSFC and University of Maryland).
The Blue Marble Next Generation data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC) and NASA's Earth Observatory.

This page was originally published on Thursday, September 5, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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