BIOMASS BURNING, Page 2
STS046-86-047: This remarkable photograph gives us a view of over
500 km of central African landscape. Sunglint accents Lake
Bangweulu in Zambia and part of the Lupaula River. The most striking
feature is the smoke plumes showing the intensity of biomass burning in
the tropical woodland and grassland biomes.
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STS066-94-020: Lake Chad in Africa lies mainly in the Republic
of Chad and partly in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Niger. The size of the
lake varies seasonally and in this photograph all the water appears to
be located in the south basin. Agriculture burning occurs in both
basins and the prevailing wind direction is from the east.
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STS051-98-036: This view shows only a small portion of the
biomass burning that marked the Earth photographs taken over Bolivia,
Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina during this mission in September of
1993. Numerous point source fires are visible, in this late dry season
scene, in the areas between the Parana and Uruguay Rivers. Most of
this burning is probably associated with agricultural preparations.
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