Some parts of the world burn every year.
Australia is one of those places.
The fires in central Australia
are grassland fires that burn in largely unpopulated areas
The areas in the north are comprised of
eucalyptus woodland and savanna fires.
Agricultural fires dominate Asia and Southeast Asia.
Crop cultivation fires in China, Thailand,
and the Punjab region of India can be seen here.
Catastrophic forest fires in Russia,
where it takes a long time for the
vegetation to recover, can also be seen.
Africa really is the fire continent.
As healthy green vegetation dries,
these areas are consumed by sweeping waves
of fire that move from north to south
and south to north each season.
The fires in Africa are primarily grassland fires,
but there are also management fires
associated with agriculture and maintenance.
In South America you see pastoral maintenance fires
in the Amazon Basin and fires
that are used to clear the tropical
rain forest for agriculture and grazing.
In the United States you can see fires
in the southeast associated with forestry and agriculture.
The recent fires in Texas
and wildfires in the west are also seen.