Fire & Aerosol Size

Global Map Fire Image 1 Global Map Fire Image 2 Global Map Fire Image 3 Global Map Fire Image 4 Global Map Fire Image 5 Global Map Fire Image 6 Global Map Fire Image 7 Global Map Fire Image 8 Global Map Fire Image 9 Global Map Fire Image 10 Global Map Fire Image 11 Global Map Fire Image 12 Global Map Fire Image 13 Global Map Fire Image 14 Global Map Fire Image 15 Global Map Fire Image 16 Global Map Fire Image 17 Global Map Fire Image 18 Global Map Fire Image 19 Global Map Fire Image 20 Global Map Fire Image 21 Global Map Fire Image 22 Global Map Fire Image 23 Global Map Fire Image 24 Global Map Fire Image 25 Global Map Fire Image 26 Global Map Fire Image 27 Global Map Fire Image 28 Global Map Fire Image 29 Global Map Fire Image 30 Global Map Fire Image 31 Global Map Fire Image 32 Global Map Fire Image 33 Global Map Fire Image 34 Global Map Fire Image 35 Global Map Fire Image 36 Global Map Fire Image 37 Global Map Fire Image 38 Global Map Fire Image 39 Global Map Fire Image 40 Global Map Fire Image 41 Global Map Fire Image 42 Global Map Fire Image 43 Global Map Fire Image 44 Global Map Fire Image 45 Global Map Fire Image 46 Global Map Fire Image 47 Global Map Fire Image 48 Global Map Fire Image 49 Global Map Fire Image 50 Global Map Fire Image 51 Global Map Fire Image 52 Global Map Fire Image 53 Global Map Fire Image 54 Global Map Fire Image 55 Global Map Fire Image 56 Global Map Fire Image 57 Global Map Fire Image 58 Global Map Fire Image 59 Global Map Fire Image 60 Global Map Fire Image 61 Global Map Fire Image 62 Global Map Fire Image 63 Global Map Fire Image 64 Global Map Fire Image 65 Global Map Fire Image 66 Global Map Fire Image 67 Global Map Fire Image 68 Global Map Fire Image 69 Global Map Fire Image 70 Global Map Fire Image 71 Global Map Fire Image 72 Global Map Fire Image 73 Global Map Fire Image 74 Global Map Fire Image 75 Global Map Fire Image 76 Global Map Fire Image 77 Global Map Fire Image 78 Global Map Fire Image 79 Global Map Fire Image 80 Global Map Fire Image 81 Global Map Fire Image 82 Global Map Fire Image 83 Global Map Fire Image 84 Global Map Fire Image 85 Global Map Fire Image 86 Global Map Fire Image 87 Global Map Fire Image 88 Global Map Fire Image 89 Global Map Fire Image 90 Global Map Fire Image 91 Global Map Fire Image 92 Global Map Fire Image 93 Global Map Fire Image 94 Global Map Fire Image 95 Global Map Fire Image 96 Global Map Fire Image 97 Global Map Fire Image 98 Global Map Fire Image 99 Global Map Fire Image 100 Global Map Fire Image 101 Global Map Fire Image 102 Global Map Fire Image 103 Global Map Fire Image 104 Global Map Fire Image 105 Global Map Fire Image 106 Global Map Fire Image 107 Global Map Fire Image 108 Global Map Fire Image 109 Global Map Fire Image 110 Global Map Fire Image 111 Global Map Fire Image 112 Global Map Fire Image 113 Global Map Fire Image 114 Global Map Fire Image 115 Global Map Fire Image 116 Global Map Fire Image 117 Global Map Fire Image 118 Global Map Fire Image 119 Global Map Fire Image 120 Global Map Fire Image 121 Global Map Fire Image 122 Global Map Fire Image 123 Global Map Fire Image 124 Global Map Fire Image 125 Global Map Fire Image 126 Global Map Fire Image 127 Global Map Fire Image 128 Global Map Fire Image 129 Global Map Fire Image 130 Global Map Fire Image 131 Global Map Fire Image 132 Global Map Fire Image 133 Global Map Fire Image 134 Global Map Fire Image 135 Global Map Fire Image 136 Global Map Fire Image 137 Global Map Fire Image 138 Global Map Fire Image 139 Global Map Fire Image 140 Global Map Fire Image 141
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Fire Scale
Aerosol Size
Aerosol Size Scale
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The fire maps show the locations of actively burning fires around the world on a monthly basis, based on observations from the MODIS sensors on NASA's Terra satellite. The colors are based on a count of the number (not size) of fires observed within a 1,000-square-kilometer area. White pixels show the high end of the count — as many as 30 fires in a 1,000-square-kilometer area per day. Orange pixels show as many as 10 fires, while red areas show as few as 1 fire per day.

Earth’s atmosphere contains tiny liquid and solid particles called aerosols. Natural aerosol particles, such as dust and sea salt, tend to be larger than human-produced aerosols, such as particle pollution from burning fossil fuels. These aerosol size maps are based on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Green areas show where the aerosols that were present were mostly larger particles. Red areas show where aerosols consisted mostly of small particles. Yellow areas show plumes with an even mix of small and large particles. Gray shows where the sensor did not collect data.

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