This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) from the Terra satellite on March 19, 2003, shows early growing-season fires (red dots) in northern China (bottom) and southern Russia (top).
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.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
