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Data acquired May 12, 2002 1200 x 900 299 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 12, 2002 2400 x 1800 1010 KB - JPEG
Data acquired May 12, 2002 4800 x 3600 3 MB - JPEG
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