Brazil, 9 August 2005 - Along the south eastern area of the Amazon Rainforest, people are creating islands of rainforest surrounded by farms and ranches. Fire is a common land clearing or land management tool in the region, and the numerous fires detected by Envisat MERIS images below are evidence of this.
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Envisat view of forest fires |
The Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Level 1 images below were acquired on 07 and 08 August 2005 over Amazon State (Brazil). Large areas (centre lower right) with numerous fires are visible.
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Forest fires in Amazon region (Brazil) - August 2005
