Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurricane Seasons (IMAGE)

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Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurricane Seasons

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On August 11, 2019, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured these images of several fires burning in the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, and Mato Grosso. This year's drought combined with the recent uptick in deforestation make these states particularly vulnerable this fire season to fires that can grow out of control and spread.

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Credits: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.

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