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Fires in Central and Southern Africa: Natural Hazards |
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In Africa's Great Rift Valley Lakes region, numerous |
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fires were detected by the modis.gsfc.nasa.gov Moderate |
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Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's |
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terra.nasa.gov Terra satellite on September 25, 2002. The |
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fires, which are marked with red dots, are part of an |
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ancient cycle of fire and agriculture on the continent, |
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in which farmers and herders use fire as a natural |
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resource management tool. Fires are set on purpose to |
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clear land for planting and to force regrowth of grasses |
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and other fodder. During the burning season hundreds of |
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these fires can be burning on any given day all across |
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the continent. |
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Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the |
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rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov MODIS Rapid Response Team at |
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NASA-GSFC |
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Date Published: 2011-07-22 06:48:07 |
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Identifier: rift_lakes_25sep02 |
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Item Size: 4094904 |
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Language: eng |
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Media Type: image |
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