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Fires and smoke across Siberia

The Siberian landscape is obscured by a veil of smoke from scores of fires burning across the region on August 4, 2003. This image of the fires (marked in red) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.


Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 4, 2003
Data acquired August 4 - 4, 2003

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Topic:
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth