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Day: January 27, 2017

Chile on Fire

Some days ago Chile has faced the worst forest fire in its history (see https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2017/jan/25/chile-wildfire-worst-ever-in-pictures). First fires have been detected on January 19th, south off Santiago, and up to January 24th they spread southward, destroying more than 600 sq miles of land with thousands of people evacuated from their homes. Sentinel 3-A mission managed to