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   August 20, 2022 - Fires in Brazil   
      
      Fires in Brazil   
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      Despite a canopy of heavy cloud and thick smoke, dozens of fires can be   
      seen burning in the forests of the states of Amazonas and Pará,   
      northern Brazil in mid-August 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this   
      true-color image on August 17.   
      
      Each red “hot spot” is an area where the thermal bands on the   
      instrument detected high temperatures. When combined with typical   
      smoke, as in this image, these hot spots mark actively burning fire.   
      The largest cluster of fires, near the southeastern corner, appears to   
      follow along part of the Tapajós River. Some may burn in or near the   
      Tapajós Environmental Protection Area and Indigenous land. Another   
      large cluster sits at the southeastern (lower right) edge of the image.   
      Here the fires are located at forest edge. Other fires are scatted   
      across the image and, based on other images, even more fires are   
      obscured by the clouds.   
      
      While it is not possible to know the cause of a fire based on satellite   
      imagery alone, based on the location and time of year, it is very   
      likely that most of these fires are agricultural in origin. Such fires   
      are deliberately set and managed to ready land for planting or pasture,   
      burn waste left after timber cutting, or open new lands for use.   
      Slash-and-burn agriculture has been used by small farmers in   
      traditional land management, but it is also used by large farms and   
      corporations to clear large swaths of land and is a major cause of   
      deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. At times, small agricultural   
      fires can escape control and become large wildfires.   
      
      In 2021, Brazil was a signatory to COP26, a pledge by 110 world   
      leaders, to end deforestation by 2030. This follows two years of   
      increasing deforestation of the Amazon under Brazilian President Jair   
      Bolsonaro, with the rate in 2020 the highest in 12 years.   
      Unfortunately, the numbers of fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon reached   
      a 15-year high in June 2022, which flies in the face of the pledge to   
      preserve the forests. Fire season in Brazil typically peaks in August   
      and September.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 8/19/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (460.3 KB),  500m (1.5 MB),  250m (4.6 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=2022-08-20   
       
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