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   July 7, 2023 - Agricultural Fire in Africa   
      
      Fires in Africa   
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      Many hundreds of fires dotted central Africa in early June 2023. The   
      Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua   
      satellite acquired a true-color image spanning the continent from Lake   
      Tanganyika to the Pacific Ocean. Each red “hot spot” marks an area of   
      actively burning fire, and they are abundant in Zambia (east),   
      Democratic Republic of Congo (north and central), and Angola (west).   
      
      The widespread nature of the fires, their location, and the time of   
      year all suggest that people are intentionally setting most of these   
      fires for agricultural purposes. People in Africa have used fire for   
      hundreds, possibly thousands, of years as an agricultural and land   
      management tool. In the dry season, they set fires to clear brush and   
      dead vegetation from farm and grazing land and to deal with household   
      trash. The dry season in central Africa spans roughly May through   
      September, with fire season peaking in July through August.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Aqua   
      Date Acquired: 7/5/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (596.2 KB),  500m (1.8 MB),  250m (5.4 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=2023-07-07   
       
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