Fires burned near the Irtysh River at the southern end of the West Siberian Plain on May 15, 2009.
Published May 15, 2009Across the lowlands of the Central Siberian Plain in central Russia, dozens of large fires were filling the skies with thick, white smoke on August 1, 2005, when the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image.
Published Aug 3, 2005Scores of fires were burning across the West Siberian Plain in central Russia on May 10, 2009.
Published May 12, 2009At 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