Flooding of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers, Russia

These true- and false-color images show flooding along the Ob’ (large east-west running river) and Irtysh (southern tributary of the Ob’) on July 7, 2002, and July 27 (farther north than previous scene). In the false-color images, land surfaces are orange-gold and flood waters are black or dark blue. Fires are marked with red dots in both images. Rivers

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

Published July 13, 2002
Data acquired July 7 - 7, 2002

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Topics:

Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires

Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Floods

Collection:

MODIS Rapid Response