Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002

  • Released Thursday, October 24, 2002
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This animation shows fire activity over North America from 8/21/2001 to 8/20/2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles 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 particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray.

This animation shows fires detected over Central America from 8-21-2001 through 8-20-2002.

This image shows fires detected over Central America on 05-14-2002.

This image shows fires detected over Central America on 05-14-2002.

Video slate image reads "Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002".

Video slate image reads "Fires over Central America during 2001 and 2002".

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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, October 24, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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