Fires and Smoke in Russia

This photo-like image from August 4, 2010, shows intense fires burning across central Russia and a thick plume of smoke stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles).

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Fires and Smoke in Russia.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Holli Riebeek with information courtesy Mike Fromm, Naval Research Laboratory.

Published August 5, 2010
Data acquired August 4, 2010

Source:: Terra > MODIS