Smoke over Western Russia

Though fires across Russia appeared to be less intense than previously, these photo-like images show thick smoke rising from two regions in western Russia on August 15, 2010.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Smoke over Western Russia.

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

Published August 16, 2010
Data acquired August 15, 2010

Source:: Terra > MODIS