Fires in Canada's Prairie Provinces

Fires in Canada's Prairie Provinces

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from June 23, 2002, shows heavy smoke from numerous wildfires (red dots) blanketing Saskatchewan (left) and Manitoba (right), Canada.

Please note that the high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor's fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery.

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