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Fires
in Russia
This
scene shows a large number of fires burning across southeastern
Russia, releasing a considerable amount of smoke and haze
into the atmosphere over the entire region. This true-color
image was acquired on May 13, 2001, by the Moderate-resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), flying aboard NASA's Terra
spacecraft. The many red pixels correspond to the locations
of fires burning on the ground.
The scene spans large portions the southeastern Russian provinces
of Khabaravsk and Amur, and the northernmost region of Manchuria,
located on the Asian mainland southwest of the Sea of Okhotsk.
Notice the many dark, irregularly-shaped splotches at various
places on the land. These are burn scars from both active
and previous years' wildfires. The burn scars are particularly
prominent in the western half of this image. If you look carefully,
you will see there is some vegetation regrowth in the northern
portion of the largest of the burn scars. The Zeya River bisects
this portion of the burn scar.
Tracing the Zeya River toward the southwest, the river converges
with the Amur River at the border between Russia and Manchuria,
China. The Russian city of Blagoveshchensk is located
at the fork of where these rivers meet.
Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, NASA/GSFC
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