In the Amur region of Russia, spring means farmers burn their fields to prep for the coming season.
Image of the Day Land Fires
Fires
Winter lingered to the north, but in west-central Russia, spring burning was underway on April 24, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Life Fires Human Presence
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
Large, smoky fires were burning in the forested mountains of Russia’s Buryatia region and Mongolia’s Belenge province on May 21, 2009.
Atmosphere Land Fires
Smoke from scores of agricultural fires veiled southern Russia’s Omsk and Tyumen’ regions on April 26, 2010.
Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence