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Satellites detected unusually low numbers of crop fires in Punjab and Haryana in 2024, and scientists are trying to understand why.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 23, 2025
Data acquired November 8 - 25, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
NOAA-20 > VIIRS
Suomi NPP > VIIRS