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Figure 1. As an object heats up the quantity of radiation emitted increases and shifts to
shorter wavelengths.
Figure 2. The MOD14 file covering the Persia Gulf and Arabian Peninsula from January
13, 2009 (granule MYD14.A2009013.1010.005.2009014064727.hdf). Land with no fire
detection is gray, clouds over land are white, water is blue, and fire detections are red.
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