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Amazon Forest Fires Rage in Roraima

Huge understory fires are spreading throughout the state in northern Brazil as drought and heat turn the rainforest into tinder.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 1, 2024
Data acquired February 22, 2023

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Collection:
Amazon Deforestation