Timelapse of Wildfire Activity Around the World
This video plots 642,286 satellite fire detections of 500 MW and above, from 2003, when the second MODIS satellite joined the first, to 2024, in the order they happened.
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NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System), MODIS Collection 6.1 active fire and thermal anomaly product (MOD14 / MYD14) from the Terra and Aqua satellites, part of NASA's LANCE and ESDIS; only vegetation fires are shown, with volcanoes, gas flares and other permanent heat sources removed. Satellite basemap: NASA Earth Observatory, Blue Marble: Next Generation.
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