Fires in Southeastern Russia

May 10 12:00:00, 2002

Fires (red dots) continue to fill the air with smoke in southeastern Russia on May 10, 2002. Fire detection and image produced by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of this scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapidfire site.

Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC