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Early Season Fires in Northern China

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Mar 19, 2003
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2024-03-19 12:00:00
March 19, 2003

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.

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Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

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