Smoke off Eastern Russia

Extensive forest fires in Eastern Russia have been sending large volumes of smoke into the atmosphere over the Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka Peninsula. The smoke (greyish pixels) is easy to see in this MODIS image over Sakhalin Island and the northwestern Pacific Ocean on May 22, 2002.

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Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published May 28, 2002
Data acquired May 22 - 22, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires