Burn scar in eastern Mongolia (false color)

An angry red burn scar rakes across the eastern edges of Mongolia, just south of the lake Buyr Nuur, in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image taken on October 23, 2003 by the Terra satellite. Bare earth appears tan and pink, while vegetation is bright green. Clouds are light blue. Still dark red, the burn scar is the result of a fire that had burned sometime during the previous week, as an image of the area taken on October 18, 2003 shows no signs of fire.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published October 23, 2003
Data acquired October 23 - 23, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Agriculture > Forest Science > Forest Fire Science

Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Characteristics

Biosphere > Ecological Dynamics > Fire Occurrence

Biosphere > Vegetation > Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration

Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response