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Fire Cloud over Northern Russia

This profile of the atmosphere provides a rare view of a towering fire-formed thunderstorm and the smoke it injected high into the atmosphere.


NASA image by Jesse Allen, using CALIPSO and MODIS data.

Published September 1, 2010
Data acquired August 1, 2010

Source:
CALIPSO > CALIOP