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Scores of Wildfires in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Region

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May 19, 2002
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2024-05-13 12:00:00
May 13, 2002

In the Krasnoyarsk region in south-central Russia, numerous fires have been burning for weeks. This image was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on May 13, 2002.

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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