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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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December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.
Smoke filled river valleys in northeastern Washington and parts of British Columbia.
Tens of thousands of people fled to safety as blazes spread throughout the country’s Biobío and Ñuble regions.
