Terra/MODIS 2001/190 - 07/09 at 03 :59 UTC
Forest fires in July are famous guest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
This MODIS image shows that the number of fires and emitting smokes.
SPOT 1 Image 9 July 2001
Excerpts: "The fires producing most of the smoke haze are in coastal peat swamp east of the River Barumun. The forest in this area, some 120 000 ha, has been unsustainably logged for many years and is now in the process of being cleared, using fire, for conversion to estate crops. These relatively minor haze events last from one to three weeks during a dry spell and come to an end with the onset of rain."
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