Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska - selected image

Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska - selected child image

Data acquired August 1 - 2, 2009
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Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska

This false-color image shows where airborne particles absorbed sunlight over the Arctic on August 1-2, 2009. The aerosols resulted from multiple large fires in the region.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska.

NASA images created by Jesse Allen, using OMI aerosol data provided courtesy of Omar Torres (Hampton University) and Changwoo Ahn (SSAI). Caption by Michon Scott and Omar Torres.

Published August 12, 2009
Data acquired August 1 - 2, 2009

Source:: Aura > OMI