July 31, 2021 - Fires in Turkey
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Fourteen wildfires were blazing out of control in six provinces across
southern Turkey on July 30, 2021, sending long plumes of dark smoke
swirling over the Mediterranean Sea. The Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a
true-color image of the scene on that same day. The smoke is so thick
in several locations that it completely obscures the blue waters of the
Mediterranean Sea from view.
The largest wildfire, which appears as the largest collection of red
“hot spots” near the central coast of Turkey, is in the Manavgat
District of Antalya Province. It ignited on July 28, when air
temperatures sweltered at about 98˚F (37˚C). It has damaged more than
two dozen homes, injured approximately 50 people, and three people died
due to fire in Antalya Province.
Seventy-one fires have broken out in seventeen provinces of Turkey in
the last week, claiming a total of four lives. On July 30, the
government reported that 57 of the fires were under control.
Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 7/30/2021
Resolutions: 1km (135.4 KB), 500m (432.3 KB), 250m (1.3 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2021-07-31
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