Fires and smoke in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus

This series of images from late August 2002 shows thick smoke being produced by numerous fires (red dots) in western Russia. In some of the images, several countries of Eastern Europe can be seen along the left edge, and at top left is part of the Gulf of Finland. For example, on August 28, 2002, Russia is at right, and at left (from top to bottom) are Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine. These images were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published November 26, 2002
Data acquired August 28 - 28, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collections:

MODIS Rapid Response

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