File:Fires near Porto Velho, Brazil.jpg

English: Red outlines indicate high surface temperatures associated with actively burning fires, and pale gray smoke plumes arise from most of the hotspots. At first glance, the placement of the fires might appear random, but a close look indicates that the fires burn close to cleared lands, particularly near roads. The characteristic herringbone pattern of deforestation spreads across much of this image, especially in the south. Many of the fires burn along the fringes of such cleared areas. Roads—indicated by mostly straight, thin, tan-coloured lines—emerge from the Madeira River Valley near top of the image. One road extends to the east, and a significant cluster of fires burns around the cleared lands pushing out from that road. Another road extends from the river valley toward the south-west, intersecting with the river valley again near Porto Velho. Fires also burn along the cleared areas near that road.