NASA MODIS Image of the Day: March 9, 2007 – Fires in Myanmar
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The agricultural fire season in Southeast Asia spreads smoke across a large portion of, from west to east, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos. Country borders are marked by black lines. This image of the region was captured by the MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on March 4, 2007.
Places where MODIS detected actively burning fires are marked in red. During the area’s dry season (roughly fall-winter in the Northern Hemisphere), intentional land management fires, as well as accidental forest fires that spread from agricultural areas are common in Southeast Asia.
