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   March 24, 2023 - Fires in the Philippines   
      
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      Dozens of fires burning on the island of Luzon, Philippines, pumped   
      streams of gray smoke into the air in late March 2023. The Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua   
      satellite acquired a true-color image of the smoky scene on March 23.   
      Red “hot spots” mark actively burning fire.   
      
      The peak agricultural fire season, in which landowners set fires to   
      manage land or clear forest to put into agricultural use, typically   
      begins in early February and lasts through mid-May across the   
      Philippines. Given the location, the large number of fires, and the   
      time of year, most of these fires are likely agricultural in origin.   
      
      The end of the dry season (March) also carries significant risk of   
      wildfires. On March 20, local media reported that several forest fires   
      had burnt more than 45 hectares of land in the province of Ilocos   
      Norte. Ilocos Norte sits in the northwest corner of Luzon. While those   
      particular blazes had been quenched by the time this image was taken,   
      it is likely that at least a few of the fires captured here are   
      wildfires.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 3/23/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (37.6 KB),  500m (122.1 KB),  250m (353.3   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-03-24   
       
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