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Large Outbreak of Fires near Yakutsk, Russia

NASA’s Terra satellite observed many fires burning in northern Sakha, a Russian province in northeast Asia. These true-color scenes were acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on July 19, 2001, in two consecutive overpasses occurring at 2:40 and 4:15 UTC.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Large Outbreak of Fires near Yakutsk, Russia.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Published July 25, 2001
Data acquired July 19, 2001

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Terra > MODIS