Aug 25, 2018

We're on FIRE!

(From NASA)
The world is on fire. Or so it appears in this image from NASA's Worldview. The red points overlaid on the image designate those areas that by using thermal bands detect actively burning fires. Africa seems to have the most concentrated fires. This could be due to the fact that these are most likely agricultural fires. The location, widespread nature, and number of fires suggest that these fires were deliberately set to manage land. Farmers often use fire to return nutrients to the soil and to clear the ground of unwanted plants. While fire helps enhance crops and grasses for pasture, the fires also produce smoke that degrades air quality.

From my Alabama worldview, it appears there is a "ring of fire" along the Gulf Coast---including NW Florida, The Alabama/Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, and even more so, Texas. but the resolution isn't quite good enough for a more details look. Interesting though.
HERE is the NASA page.

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