Fires and Smoke in Eastern Russia

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Smoke from fires in eastern Russia is wafting out over the Sea of Okhotsk, reaching as far as the Kamchatka Peninsula (right). This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image was acquired on September 17, 2002, by the Aqua satellite.

Image by Jesse Allen, based on data from the MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA-GSFC

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Instrument:: Aqua — MODIS

Fires and Smoke in Eastern Russia

In September and October 2002, numerous fires in eastern Russia created a smoke plume that stretched eastward over the Sea of Okhotsk and southward into China. These true-color images were captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites.