Smoke over Western Russia

This true-color image from August 2, 2010, shows thick smoke spanning about 1,700 kilometers (1,000 miles) of western Russia. The smoke comes from hundreds of fires burning in bogs and forests.

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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published August 2, 2010
Data acquired August 2, 2010

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Terra > MODIS