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Envisat sees smoke from Portuguese wildfires

23 August 2005

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This MERIS Reduced Resolution image was acquired 21 August 2005 and shows smoke from wildfires raging across Portugal blown into the Atlantic

Credits: ESA

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This MERIS Reduced Resolution image acquired 5 August 2005 shows smoke from fires across the country - to date more than 140 000 hecatres of land has been destroyed. Fanned by strong winds, the fires follow a long period of drought.

Credits: ESA