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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: November 26, 2011 – Fires in Ecuador

By SpaceRef Editor
November 26, 2011
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NASA MODIS Image of the Day: November 26, 2011 – Fires in Ecuador
NASA MODIS Image of the Day: November 26, 2011 - Fires in Ecuador

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On November 18, 2011 at 19:10 UTC (2:10 p.

m.

EST), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite detected fires (in red) in the coastal province of Santa Elena, Ecuador, and further inland (east) in the province of Guayas. Fires also appear to be burning in Machalilla National Park, a preserve in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province.

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