May 27, 2021 - Fire in the Philippines

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   Streams of blue-gray smoke floated over the West Philippine Sea in late
   May 2021, stretching more than 120 miles (193 km) from the island of
   Luzon, Philippines where multiple hot-spots marked actively burning
   fires. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
   board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this true-color image of the smoky
   scene on May 25.

   The peak agricultural fire season, in which landowners set fires to
   manage land or clear forest to put into agricultural use, typically
   begins in early February and lasts through mid-May. Deforestation is a
   significant concern in the Philippines as is the impact of smoke to
   human and animal health across the region. According to Global Forest
   Watch, using only high-confidence satellite alerts, there have been 286
   fire alerts reported so far in 2021. They also state that this total is
   low compared to the total for previous years going back to 2012. The
   most fires recorded in a year was 1,927 in 2016.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 5/25/2021
   Resolutions:  1km (33.8 KB),  500m (105.9 KB),  250m (312.1
   KB)
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



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