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Fires near Lake Baikal, Russia

Dozens of fires continue to burn in south-central Russia to the northwest of Lake Baikal, at the southern end of the Central Siberian Plateau. This image from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was acquired on May 12, 2002. In the high-resolution imagery, one can see the rectangular patterns of vegetation that suggest human cultivation of the land, as well as dark brown burn scars left by previous or ongoing fires.


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 14, 2002
Data acquired May 12, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
Visible Earth