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Fires on Canary Islands force thousands to flee

31 July 2007

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This image of fires burning on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 31 July 2007 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.

Credits: ESA

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This image of fires burning on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands was acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 28 July 2007 working in Full Resolution mode to provide a spatial resolution of 300 metres.

Credits: ESA

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