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Fires Near Lake Baikal, Russia

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2024-05-05 12:00:00
May 5, 2002

Fires continued to burn west of Lake Baikal on May 5, 2002. Compared to the image on April 26, the number of fires burning to the southeast appears to have decreased. This image was acquired 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.

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

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