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Burn Aerosol Burn
Wildfires, which can release large amounts of black carbon, brown carbon, sulfates, and nitrates, are another key source of aerosols. Fires are also a common component of agriculture in many countries. And, prior to fires, some vegetation can even emit substantial amounts of monoterpenes, a substance common in tree resin that transforms into aerosols and has a negative impact on air quality.
Image Information: Astronauts docked to the International Space Station took this image of a wildfire in southern Montana in August of 2007. For more details, please visit this Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth page. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center/Image Science & Analysis Laboratory/Image ISS016-E-5526
--Adam Voiland, Goddard Space Flight Center
Burn Aerosol Burn
Wildfires, which can release large amounts of black carbon, brown carbon, sulfates, and nitrates, are another key source of aerosols. Fires are also a common component of agriculture in many countries. And, prior to fires, some vegetation can even emit substantial amounts of monoterpenes, a substance common in tree resin that transforms into aerosols and has a negative impact on air quality.
Image Information: Astronauts docked to the International Space Station took this image of a wildfire in southern Montana in August of 2007. For more details, please visit this Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth page. Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center/Image Science & Analysis Laboratory/Image ISS016-E-5526
--Adam Voiland, Goddard Space Flight Center