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Data acquired August 1, 2005 800 x 600 122 KB - JPEG
Data acquired August 1, 2005 1600 x 1200 446 KB - JPEG
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Across the lowlands of the Central Siberian Plain in central Russia, dozens of large fires were filling the skies with thick, white smoke on August 1, 2005 when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image. Another cluster of large fires burn on the eastern side of the north-flowing Yenisey River, the dark blue line in the center of the image. The Yenisey is a geographic dividing line between the Central Siberian Plain to the west and the higher elevations of the Central Siberia Plateau to the east.
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published August 2, 2005 Data acquired August 1, 2005