NASA showed fires in Siberia from space

Since the beginning of July, NASA satellites have recorded signs of several forest fires in the Russian Far East. Two

weeks later, several fires became much larger and more intense, creating rivers of smoke that blanketed areas of Khabarovsk and the neighboring Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

NASA Earth Observatory image taken byJoshua Stevens using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and data from Fire Information Management System for Resource Management (FIRMS)

Moderate Resolution Spectroradiometer (MODIS,The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite captured a natural-color image of smoke billowing over the region on July 17, 2022. In the photo, red circles mark the places where MODIS detected heat signatures indicating a fire. Most fires were recorded in the Ayano-Maisky district of Khabarovsk, where larch forests and the Konder ring massif grow.

NASA Earth Observatory image taken byJoshua Stevens using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and data from the Resource Management Fire Information Management System (FIRMS). You can view it in full resolution by following this link.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Sakha, July 18 on the square51 fires occurred on approximately 9,737 hectares. More than 500 people fought fires in the Republic of Sakha, and thousands more specialists were sent to eliminate fires throughout Russia.

Over the past two years, Sakha has experienced unusually severe fire seasons. In 2021, more than 8.4 million hectares of forests burned in the republic, which is almost four times the long-term average.

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