Fires and smoke in Eastern Russia

  • Credit

    Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Continued fire activity in eastern Russia is creating heavy smoke, particularly in the Amur River valley, at image left. This image was acquired on May 20, 2002, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    Terra/MODIS
  • Visualization Date

    2002-05-26