[:ja]NASAの地球観測衛星AquaとSuomi NPPが撮影したボリビア東部の山火事の煙です。
画像では、ボリビア東部のチキタノやチャコ地方の森林に火災が発生し、パンタナル（ブラジル、パラグアイ、ボリビアにまたがる世界最大の湿地）まで広がっている様子がわかります。ちなみに、南半球の南米はちょうど冬から春に季節が移っていますが、今年はパラグアイの首都アスンシオンで9月26日に42.2℃の観測史上最高気温を記録するなど、高温が続いています。また、アルゼンチン北部でも45.5℃の高温が観測されています。アルゼンチン北部からパンタナルでは、高温とともに記録的な少雨が続き、かつてない規模の山火事が発生しています。乾期である冬季には、例年、放牧や農耕のために野焼きが行われますが、今年は「50年来で最悪」ともいわれる干ばつにより、火が拡大を続けています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
昨年の火事の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Fierce Fires in Bolivia (NASA Earth Observatory), A River of Smoke (NASA Earth Observatory)
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1141: Wildfire of Bolivia🇧🇴
NASA’s Aqua and Suomi NPP satellite captured the fires and smoke spreading in the eastern Bolivia.
The image shows the the fire and smoke streaming south toward Paraguay, much of which has been concentrated in the dry Chiquitano and Chaco forests and shrublands of eastern and southern Bolivia. Grasslands in the Beni savanna region to the north and the Pantanal wetlands in eastern Bolivia also have seen large numbers of fires. South America has just come out of winter but 2020’s fires in the region have been unprecedented in extent and duration. 22% of the vast floodplain has succumbed to the flames. The fires in the Pantanal raged across Brazil and areas nearby between January and August.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
This is the fire in the area last year.
Reference: Fierce Fires in Bolivia (NASA Earth Observatory), A River of Smoke (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1141: Wildfire of Bolivia🇧🇴
NASA’s Aqua and Suomi NPP satellite captured the fires and smoke spreading in the eastern Bolivia.
The image shows the the fire and smoke streaming south toward Paraguay, much of which has been concentrated in the dry Chiquitano and Chaco forests and shrublands of eastern and southern Bolivia. Grasslands in the Beni savanna region to the north and the Pantanal wetlands in eastern Bolivia also have seen large numbers of fires. South America has just come out of winter but 2020’s fires in the region have been unprecedented in extent and duration. 22% of the vast floodplain has succumbed to the flames. The fires in the Pantanal raged across Brazil and areas nearby between January and August.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
This is the fire in the area last year.
Reference: Fierce Fires in Bolivia (NASA Earth Observatory), A River of Smoke (NASA Earth Observatory)
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]