Across the Deep South, numerous fires were detected by the Aqua MODIS instrument on November 9, 2004. The fires, marked in red, are spread across numerous states in the region, and may be seasonal agricultural burning. Late fall is the season for sugar cane burning in the area, when growers set fire to the cane fields to burn away the green leafy parts of the vegetation...
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