Angola and Namibia

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Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) images of Angola and Namibia were acquired on August 30, 2000 during Terra orbit 3728 (World Reference System-2 path 177). The left image is from the vertical-viewing (nadir) camera and the right image is from the 70.5-degree aftward-viewing camera. The oblique view enhances the effect of atmospheric haze and highlights the presence of smoke plumes from a large number of grassland fires. The area in the approximate center of each image is the Cuando Cubango province of southern Angola, including, from west to east, the Cubango, Cuito, and Cuando Rivers. The Cubango (also known as the Okavango) traces part of the border between Angola and Namibia, and terminates in northern Botswana in the swampy tract known as the Okavango Delta. The large, dark area near the top of the images is the Bie Plateau. Both the nadir and oblique images are on the same radiometric scale.

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Science Teams