Fires and smoke near Lake Baikal, Russia

  • Credit

    Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

On August 6, 2005, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of dozens of fires burning in the area surrounding Lake Baikal in south-central Russia. Actively burning fires that MODIS detected are marked in red, while smoke hangs over the lake itself. In the summer months, Russia’s boreal forests are prone to fires, both natural ones started by lightning strikes and people-caused fires.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS

  • Visualization Date

    2005-08-09