Portugal's Madeira Island Fire Raging (IMAGE)
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Smoke from several large fires burning on Portugal's Madeira Island were seen blowing over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 10 when NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Madeira is an archipelago of four islands located off the northwest coast of Africa. They are an autonomous region of Portugal.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image at 8:25 a.m. EDT (12:05 UTC).
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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, NASA Goddard Rapid Response Team Caption: Rob Gutro, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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