Aerosols from the smoky blazes rose as high at 9 kilometers into the atmosphere.
Published Sep 24, 2016
Smoke pours from intense fires in northeastern Siberia in this true-color image from August 1, 2010.
Published Aug 2, 2010
Acquired July 25, 2010, this natural-color image shows clusters of fires burning north of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Published Jul 26, 2010
Thick smoke billowed from fires in Yakutia on July 10, 2012.
Published Jul 12, 2012
In late-July 2013, wildfires poured thick smoke across central Russia.
Published Jul 29, 2013
The Suomi NPP satellite carries an instrument so sensitive to low light levels that it can detect wildfires in the middle of the night.
Published Aug 7, 2012
Visitors to Russia’s Lake Baikal have been met with smoke and ash from wildfires raging in the area.
Published Aug 14, 2015
At the southern end of the West Siberia Plain, several large and smoky fires were burning in the area around Novosibirsk on May 19, 2006. According to news reports, May 2006 has been hot and dry, with accompanying high fire danger.
Published May 22, 2006
Several pyrocumulus clouds are lofting dense smoke high into the atmosphere.
Published Jun 25, 2017
Fires in Russia in May 2014 fueled pyrocumulus clouds that pumped smoke high into the atmosphere.
Published May 21, 2014
Acquired July 30, 2010, this natural-color image shows fires burning north of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Published Jul 30, 2010
Acquired July 28, 2010, this natural-color image shows fires east of Moscow blanketing the region in thick smoke.
Published Jul 29, 2010
