Unprecedented Fires in Southern Africa : Image of the Day (2000)
2000 · Short film
Synopsis
The fires that raged across southern Africa this August and September produced a thick ''river of smoke'' over the region. NASA-supported studies currently underway on the event will contribute to improved air pollution policies in the region and a better understanding of its impact on climate change. This year the southern African fire season peaked in early September. The region is subject to some of the highest levels of biomass burning in the world. The heaviest burning was in western…
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