Fires in Siberia

In the forests and tundra of eastern Russia, fires have been burning off and on for weeks. This image is from August 15, 2003.

The Siberian landscape is obscured by a veil of smoke from scores of fires burning across the region on August 4, 2003. This image of the fires (marked in red) was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite.

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

  • Sensor

    Aqua/MODIS

  • Start Date

    2003-08-04

  • Event Start Date

    2003-07-25

  • NH Image ID

    11128

  • NH Event ID

    9197

  • NH Posting Date

    2003-08-04