Earth On Fire, check the image if you do not believe ! Options

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The MODIS Rapid Response System Global Fire Maps provide statistical data on fires globally on a 10-day period frequency. The map below ( be aptient, the image is 2048*1024, rather huge) shows the latest fire map available (period: 2006221-2006230):

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As you can see, the whole planet is on fire !!! Oil & pollution is one issue but here we are talking about massive self destruction !

Each of these fire maps accumulates the locations of the fires detected by MODIS on board the Terra and Aqua satellites over a 10-day period. Each colored dot indicates a location where MODIS detected at least one fire during the compositing period. Color ranges from red where the fire count is low to yellow where number of fires is large. The compositing periods are referenced by their start and end dates (julian day). The duration of each compositing period was set to 10 days. Compositing periods are reset every year to make year-to-year comparisons straightforward. The first compositing period of each year starts on January 1. The last compositing period of each year includes a few days from the next year.

Credits: Fire maps created by Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response System at NASA/GSFC. Fire detection algorithm developed by Louis Giglio. Fire locations produced by the MODIS Rapid Response System since mid-2001. Fire locations for 2000 and 2001 produced by the MODIS Adaptative Processing System (MODAPS) at NASA/GSFC and collected by the Geography Department of University of Maryland. Background image: Blue Marble created by Reto Stokli.
Fire locations are also distributed through the Web Fire Mapper at the University of Maryland, and through the USDA Forest Service's Active Fire Maps Program at the Remote Sensing Applications Center.

[Source]MODIS Rapid Response System - Global Fire Maps[/source]