Fires and smoke in Eastern China

Smoke wafting southward from forest fires in southern Russia is combining with smoke from fires in China to create a blanket of haze across eastern China on June 17, 2003. Active fire detections have been marked with red dots. This image is from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published June 19, 2003
Data acquired June 17 - 17, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Collection:

Visible Earth