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Wildfires in Siberia

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Aug 28, 2012
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2012-08-28 00:00:00
August 28, 2012

On August 28, 2012, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image of several wildfires burning in the Khabarovsk region of eastern Russia. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Large fires have burned across Siberia throughout the summer.

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  2. RIA Novosti. (2012, August 28) Pay Arrears Ground Khabarovsk Firefighting Pilots. Accessed August 28, 2012.

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NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

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