Images & Animations
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Credit
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
In the forests and tundra of eastern Russia, fires have been burning off and on for weeks. This image is from August 15, 2003.
In the forests and tundra of eastern Russia, fires have been burning off and on for weeks. This smoky image of the region was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite on August 15, 2003, and shows active fires marked with red dots.
The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.
Metadata
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Sensor
Aqua/MODIS -
Start Date
2003-08-15 -
Event Start Date
2003-07-25 -
NH Image ID
11167 -
NH Event ID
9197 -
NH Posting Date
2003-08-15
