NASA images capture Amazon and go from space

New images from NASA reveal how critical the fire situation in the Amazon has become when the crisis can now be seen from far away in space.

About 75,000 fires in the Amazon

Satellite data collected by the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) of Brazil on August 22 have already revealed a total of about 75,000 fires in the Amazon since the beginning of the year. This represents an increase of 84% over the same period last year.

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The worldview of NASA's Earth Observation System and Earth Observation System (EOSDIS) reveals a shocking image taken from the smoke space caused by fires. "This natural-colored image of smoke and fires in several Brazilian states, including Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Rondônia, was collected by the Suomi / NOAA / NASA nuclear power plant with the help of the US government. VIIRS instrument (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer System) on August 20, 2019, "NASA Display.

Just one day before the shooting, gigantic clouds of black smoke had fallen on the city of São Paulo and had plunged the city into the darkness in the middle of the afternoon. NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument has also released images of carbon monoxide movement in the atmosphere associated with fires.

"Long-range pollutant, carbon monoxide can persist in the atmosphere for about a month, and at the high altitude mapped in these images, the gas has little effect on the air we breathe, but Strong winds can reduce it Carbon monoxide plays a role in both air pollution and climate change, "said NASA.

Finally, the NASA Worldview instrument has released another shocking picture of the magnitude of the fires. Each red dot in the image represents a fire or "thermal anomaly".

Exacerbated by human activity

Forest fires are common in the Amazon during the dry season from July to October. However, environmentalists fear that human activity will make matters worse.

Burning in the area is considered the most effective way of clearing land for agriculture.