Fires on Kyushu Island, Japan

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Japan
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 21, 2003, shows fires (red dots) smoking in central Kyushu Island in southern Japan.

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