DescriptionFires in Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.jpg
English: In the first months of the year, it is not uncommon for
satellites to capture sights such as the one shown in this image: hundreds of active
fires burning across the hills and valleys of
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Laos, and
Vietnam. (Fires are also present in southern
China and
Cambodia, are visible. The satellite detects fires not from visible
smoke plumes, but from thermal
infra-redenergy radiating from the surface. The heat energy is invisible in images like this, but the locations where the satellite detected fires are labelled with red dots.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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satellites to capture sights such as the one shown in this image: hundreds of active
fires burning across the hills and valleys of
Myanmar
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