PIA23546: NASA Terra Satellite Sees Amazon Fires in Peru
 Target Name:  Earth
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Terra
 Spacecraft:  Terra
 Product Size:  720 x 480 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  JPL
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This satellite image, taken by NASA's Earth-observing Terra satellite on Aug. 18, 2019, shows the ECOSTRESS study area in the Amazon Basin and smoke from active fires in the rainforest. ECOSTRESS also captured an image of the Amazon rainforest, PIA23432, revealing water-stressed and non-stressed forest in the area. The water-stressed areas of the forest look as green and healthy as these cooler areas, making them invisible except to a radiometer that can measure thermal infrared energy from the surface.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Earth Observatory

Image Addition Date:
2019-11-05