Sumatra’s burning rainforests

http://www.dw.de/sumatras-burning-rainforests/g-17489217

Massive forest fires are raging on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. Many of the blazes were deliberately lit to make way for lucrative and environmentally controversial palm oil plantations.

The destruction of the world is visible from space:

Fires in Sumatra: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=5629

Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44375 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=43768 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=44006 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36873 |