Fires in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay

August 13 12:00:00, 2003

Hundreds of fires (marked in red) were detected across Paraguay (center) on August 13, 2003, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite. Argentina is at bottom left of the scene, and Brazil is at right.

Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC