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Wildfires in Siberia

The summer of 2012 has proven to be one of the most severe wildfire seasons Russia has faced in a decade.


NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Christine Wiedinmyer, Jon Ranson, and Vyacheslav Kharuk.

Published September 13, 2012
Data acquired September 11, 2012

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