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Fire and Smoke in Angola
by Oliver Brandt · Aug 28, 2004 · 451 views
Fire and Smoke in Angola
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In August and September, accumulated smoke and smog from seasonal agricultural burning and charcoal production in southern Africa gets "recycled"across many southern Africa countries, including Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. At that time of year, a semi-permanent area of high atmospheric pressure takes up residence over that part of the continent, and the air re-circulates in a counterclockwise spin around the high. Air does escape from this spin-cycle at time...
Tags:2004 august nasa earth observatory in 2004
Credit:NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA-GSFC (Public domain) · source
Uploaded:Aug 28, 2004
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Oliver Brandt
Oliver Brandt
Location:Copenhagen, Denmark
Member since:Apr 22, 2004
Photographs:83
Bicycles, bridges and the odd wind turbine.
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