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Smoke and Fires in Central Russia

Aerosols from the smoky blazes rose as high at 9 kilometers into the atmosphere.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Smoke and Fires in Central Russia.

NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Kathryn Hansen and Pola Lem.

Published September 24, 2016
Data acquired September 18, 2016

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Suomi NPP > OMPS