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Fires in South Central Russia

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2024-04-28 12:00:00
April 28, 2002

Over a hundred fires were detected burning in the southern portion of Russia's West Siberian Plain on April 28, 2002, by NASA's Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the 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.

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

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