Fires and Deforestation in Brazil

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Brazil
Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC

In southern Brazil, skies were thick with the smoke from scores of fires (red dots) when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed over on September 30, 2002. Fires extend over a large area of central South America, and news reports suggest they are particularly bad this year due to a hot, windy winter.

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Maps of Brazil

Satellite image of eastern and southeastern Brazil

These true- and false-color images of eastern and southeastern Brazil were captured by the Moderate Resolution...

Satellite image of Southeast Brazil

A number of fires are burning in Southeast Brazil in this true-color MODIS image acquired April...

Satellite image of the northeast coast of Brazil

This true-color MODIS image from June 11, 2002, shows the northeast coast of Brazil. In the...

Satellite image of the eastern coastline of Brazil

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from May 17, 2002, shows the eastern coastline of Brazil.

Satellite image of Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil

A large sediment plume can be seen flowing down the western edge of Lagoa dos Patos...

Satellite image of Brazil's southern states

Brazil's southern states stretch along the Atlantic coastline in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image...

Satellite image of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the largest cities in Brazil, are shown here in this...

Satellite image of eastern Brazil

Across eastern Brazil, numerous fires (red dots) were detected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)...

Satellite image of western Brazil

A land of forests and rivers, western Brazil is home to some of the last undisturbed...

Satellite image of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil

Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil January 1986. One of the major tributaries of Amazon River is the...

Satellite image of Rio Paraiba do Sul

Rio Paraiba do Sul, Brazil January 1986. The sediment-laden Rio Paraiba do Sul is observed as...

Satellite image of the Paraná River

Paraná River, Brazil April 1993 This low-oblique, south-looking photograph features a segment of the southwest-flowing Paraná...

Fires and Deforestation in Brazil