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   July 15, 2022 - Fires in South Africa and Mozambique   
      
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      Dozens of fires and copious smoke covered portions of southeastern   
      Africa in mid-July 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of the smoky scene on July 14.   
      
      The countries captured in this image include Mozambique (north), which   
      is roughly covered by a shroud of blue-tinted smoke, Eswatini (formerly   
      Swaziland), northeastern South Africa (south), and Lesotho. Many red   
      “hot spots”, each indicating fire, are found in Mozambique, but most   
      are spread across South Africa. Eswatini, a small country that sits on   
      the border between Mozambique and South Africa, roughly near the   
      southern edge of the smoke and a break in the mountain ridge, appears   
      to have only has one or two fires burning near its borders. Lesotho,   
      which sits southwest of Eswatini and is completely surrounded by South   
      Africa, has zero fires evident.   
      
      While it is not possible to determine the cause of the fires nor if   
      they are wildfires or deliberately set or managed simply by looking at   
      a satellite image, given the time of year, location, and widespread   
      nature of the fires it is likely that most are agricultural fires—fires   
      that are used to manage cropland or pasture.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 7/14/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (195.2 KB),  500m (722.6 KB),  250m (2.4 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-07-15   
       
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