Madagascar, satellite image
Satellite image of Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean located 400 kilometres off the east coast of Africa. Small red dots on the image are used to show active fires: controlled burns used to clear farmland. Madagascar's east coast is lined with rainforest. whilst the west coast has many boabab trees and thorny forest. Image obtained by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA鈥檚 Terra satellite on 10th September 2020., Photo by Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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