NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Four different passes by the Aqua satellite over the course of a day results in this stitched together image of the fires that span across central Africa. The polar orbit of the Aqua satellite takes swaths of images which are then stitched together to provide this interesting image of the continent. Most likely these fires are agricultural in nature owing to the time of year they are occurring. This is one of Africa's agricultural seasons and farmers use fire ...
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Four different passes by the Aqua satellite over the course of a day results in this stitched together image of the fires that span across central Africa. The polar orbit of the Aqua satellite takes swaths of images which are then stitched together to provide this interesting image of the continent. Most likely these fires are agricultural in nature owing to the time of year they are occurring. This is one of Africa's agricultural seasons and farmers use fire ...
Share this Article
Recommended