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Data acquired August 15 - 15, 2002 850 x 1100 209 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 15 - 15, 2002 1700 x 2200 692 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 15 - 15, 2002 3400 x 4400 2 MB - JPEG
Massive wildfires were burning in eastern Russia along the Lena River (top and center) near the city of Yakutsk. The Central Siberian Plateau is shrouded by thick smoke in these images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). This series of images begins on August 12, 2002. In the false-color images, vegetation is green, burned areas are reddish brown, and smoke is light blue.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published September 14, 2002 Data acquired August 15 - 15, 2002