July 28, 2010
Fires on dry peat bogs east of Moscow continued sending smoke over the city as July 2010 wore on, Bloomberg reported. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of Moscow and the surrounding region on July 28, 2010. Tiny red dots indicate hotspots of high surface temperatures associated with fires, and multiple clusters of such dots appear east of Moscow. Dull gray smoke mixes with opaque white clouds east and northeast of the capital city.
Severe fires also burned in eastern Siberia throughout July 2010.
References & Resources
- Khrennikov, I. (2010, July 29). Moscow breaks heat record as peat bog fires produce smoky haze over city. Bloomberg. Accessed July 29, 2010.
NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Caption by Michon Scott.
