Stubble burning in lakhs of agricultural fields by farmers of the Indian state of Punjab has finally caught the eye of NASA. The Aqua satellite of NASA has sent images of the state’s agri farms in which entire Punjab appears to be literally on fire, from the low earth orbit. There is a ban on stubble burning in Punjab but it goes up in smoke every year as paddy and wheat fields are ignited by farmers once the harvest season is over.
The images of the burning of paddy straw were captured by the satellite on October 31. The fields appear as little red dots of fire. NASA has commented on its website, “What is striking about the images is the large number of fires. Smoke from hundreds of fires obscures most of the Punjab region of India.”
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