Fires, probably related to agriculture, burned
near the shores of three east African lakes in
early October 2009. The Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)
on NASA’s
Aqua
satellite captured this true-color image on 1
October 2009. Fires, marked by red dots, appear
especially numerous along the western shore of
Lake Tanganyika. Fires also burn south and west
of Lake Mweru. Isolated fires also burn along
the shores of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa).