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Fires Rage in Three of Chile’s National Parks and the Smoke From Fires Drifts Over Argentina

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Mar 30, 2015
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Chilean fires and smoke from the fires over Argentina.
Aqua captured an image of smoke and fires burning in the country's southern region of Araucania and Terra passed over Argentina showing the drifts of smoke.

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Chile on March 28 at 17:55 UTC (1:55 p.m. EDT) and captured an image of smoke and fires burning in the country’s southern region of Araucania (upper image). The area has been dealing with years of drought. The fires are burning in three protected areas: China Muerta National Reserve, Nalca Lolco National Reserve and Conguillio National Park. The red outline is a detection of heat from the MODIS instrument. The thick smoke from the fires are being pushed to the southeast into Argentina in this image. The country has declared a national alert because of the wildfires in the three national parks

The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite passed over Chile on March 29 at 14:25 UTC (10:25 a.m. EDT) and captured this image of smoke from the Chilean fires drifting over parts of Argentina. (lower image)

Image: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team, Jeff Schmaltz/Text: NASA Goddard, Rob Gutro