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Collection:
NASA Earth Observatory Collection
Title:
Fires in Northeastern Europe
Description:
On March 24, 2003, the Mod erate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqu a satellite captured this image of scattered fires (red dots) in northeastern Europe. Fires are most heavily concentrated in the Russian Federation (north of center) between Lithuania (north) and Poland (south). To the southeast, there are fires in Belarus (top) and Ukraine (bottom). At top left is the Baltic Sea.

The high-resolution image provided above is 500 meters per pixel. The MODIS Rapid Response System provides this image at MODIS’ maximum spatial resolution of 250 meters.

Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MOD IS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Satellite - Sensor:
Aqua- MODIS
facet_what:
Aqua
facet_where:
Baltic Sea
facet_where:
Poland
facet_where:
Belarus
facet_where:
Lithuania
facet_where:
Ukraine
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_when:
March 24, 2003
facet_when_year:
2003
UID:
SPD-ETOBS-7120
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Fires in Northeastern Europe