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On September 26, 2018, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of multiple fires – many of them large – scattered across Zimbabwe.

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English: Vast expanses of grasses and scrub (thorny acacia savanna) and dry open woodland (miombo) cover Zimbabwe, a country roughly four times the size of Indian that sits in southeastern Africa. The grasses of the veld grow thick during the rainy season and then become tinder-dry as the rains stop and the weather turns hot and dry. Fire season runs from July to the end of October, and it has a reputation for being difficult. Unfortunately, burning veld is an emblematic image of summer in Zimbabwe. On September 26, 2018, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image of multiple fires – many of them large – scattered across Zimbabwe.
Date Taken on 26 September 2018
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