Smoke from wildfires fills this scene of Russia’s Far East on July 28, 2011.
Image of the Day Land Fires
Widespread forest fires veiled the forests of Siberia in a thick curtain of smoke on July 18, 2011.
Land Fires
Dozens of fires were burning in eastern Russia on April 29, 2009, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image.
Land Fires Human Presence
Authorities have declared a state of emergency in several Russian districts.
Fires
Smoke from intense fires in southeastern Russia poured over the Sea of Okhotsk on June 30, 2008.
More than 30 taiga wildfires burned in the Far East of Russia on July 10, 2012.
Smoke from several large forest fires pooled against the base of a mountain range in eastern Russia on July 21, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Life Fires