Smoke over Japan and Pacific Ocean

Smoke over Japan and Pacific Ocean

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    Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

A haze stretches out over southeastern Russia (top left); northeastern China (left); Hokkaido, Japan (bottom center); and the Pacific Ocean (right) in this image from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on April 2, 2003. This haze is largely smoke from fires burning throughout Asia as the spring agricultural burning gets underway.

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  • Sensor:

    OrbView-2 - SeaWiFS

  • Data Date:

    April 2, 2003

  • Visualization Date:

    April 3, 2003

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