File:NOAA Satellites Focus On Smoke from Fires across South America (NESDIS 2020-08-07 2020-08-07).gif

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As NOAA’s satellites focused in on South America on Aug. 7, 2020, they could see smoke plumes from various fires across the continent, spanning from the Amazon rainforest to the central and southern lowland regions.

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English: As NOAA’s satellites focused in on South America on Aug. 7, 2020, they could see smoke plumes from various fires across the continent, spanning from the Amazon rainforest to the central and southern lowland regions. The image above was captured by the VIIRS sensor onboard NOAA-20 as it passed overhead, and was created by combining three of the high resolution thermal and visible channels. These channels (known as SVI 4,2,1 RGB) allow us to distinguish different land types and features based on their visual and thermal differences. Areas of land that are hotter in temperature due to an active fire or burn scar appear dark red in the imagery. Smoke, on the other hand, appears in shades of gray and white.
Date 7 August 2020 (upload date)
Source NOAA Satellites Focus On Smoke from Fires across South America
Author NOAA
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties.

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