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Image: Borneo fires and smoke, 2002

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Description: Thick smoke in Borneo resulting from slash-and-burn practices. The red squares on the image denote fires, picked up by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.
Title: Borneo fires and smoke, 2002
Credit: Visible Earth, a catalogue of NASA images and animations
Author: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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