Map of actively burning fires around the world, May 2021
Global map of actively burning fires in May 2021. White pixels show 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 in a 1,000-square-kilometer area per day. Data obtained using NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite., Photo by NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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