[Aztlan] Yearly Satellite Photo Of Fires

[Elaine Day Schele]

Fires in Mexico and Guatemala 

Southern Mexico and northern Central America experience a dry season that
runs from roughly February through May each year. During that time, fires
are common, both intentional agriculture-related fires as well as accidental
forest fires. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA' Terra <http://terra.nasa.gov>  satellite
on May 7, 2008, shows scores of fires (locations marked in red) burning
across the mountains of southern Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, and northern
Guatemala. Fires are especially concentrated in the state of Chiapas, near
the Mexico-Guatemala border.

The high-resolution image provided <below> is at MODIS' maximum spatial
resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid
Response Team provides twice-daily
<http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/servir/>  images of the region in
additional resolutions and formats.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/May2008/CAmerica__TM
O_2008128_lrg.jpg

 

Elaine