This data was collected on June 6, 2000. Moving north and around the salt pan, it can be seen where winds blowing across the salt pan pick up fine dust and salt and blow it across the countryside. Dust and salt plumes occasionally reach the ocean shore hundred of kilometers away. This data was collected on July 31, 1999. This Landsat 7 image show different types of land cover between Wannbad and Pietersburg, South Africa.
Vegetation is green, arid or uncultivated land is pink, water bodies are blue or black.
Scientists monitored fires over the entire planet from 1992 to 1993 to better understand the patterns created by biomass burning. Global Smog - Ozone, although protective in our atmosphere, it is a pollutant on the ground, from large African savanna fires were seen over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and even Brazil. Terra Satellite Animation - NASA's Terra spacecraft, launched in September 1999, is a multinational orbiting research platform. By synchronizing a sophisticated suite of sensors and instruments, Terra will help scientists pursue some of the most complex questions about our planet. The Many Facets of Terra -Terra is more than just the next incarnation of Earth's observing researching satellites.