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Figure 5.12
Fires burning out of control in central and southern Mexico and Central America created a regional smoke pall that covered much of Central America and extended into the Pacific and Caribbean region and as far north as Canada. This view (NASA photograph NASA7-726-009) was taken near the height of the fires in mid-May 1998. It looks north from Nicaragua in the foreground toward Mexico at the top; smoke extends to the horizon.

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