March 24, 2023 - Fires in the Philippines

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Dozens of fires burning on the island of Luzon, Philippines, pumped
streams of gray smoke into the air in late March 2023. The Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua
satellite acquired a true-color image of the smoky scene on March 23.
Red “hot spots” mark actively burning fire.

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 across the
Philippines. Given the location, the large number of fires, and the
time of year, most of these fires are likely agricultural in origin.

The end of the dry season (March) also carries significant risk of
wildfires. On March 20, local media reported that several forest fires
had burnt more than 45 hectares of land in the province of Ilocos
Norte. Ilocos Norte sits in the northwest corner of Luzon. While those
particular blazes had been quenched by the time this image was taken,
it is likely that at least a few of the fires captured here are
wildfires.

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 3/23/2023
Resolutions: 1km (37.6 KB), 500m (122.1 KB), 250m (353.3
KB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-03-24

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