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July 5, 2023 - Fire and Smoke in Russia's Far East

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   The 2023 fire season in Russia started early and ferociously, with
   wildfires erupting in early April as snow receded and green-up began.
   By early June, a record-breaking heat wave gripped Siberia, sending
   temperatures soaring to 37.9˚C (100.2˚F) in Jalturovosk. Two other
   Siberian towns, Alexandrovskoe and Laryak also set all-time highs on
   that date, recording temperatures of 36.1˚C (97˚F) and 34.9˚C (95˚F)
   respectively. The heatwave helped dry out vegetation and spurred
   wildfire growth across Siberia.

   Near the end of June, storms with little rain but copious lightning
   passed over Siberia, igniting multiple wildfires that quickly expanded
   in the dry vegetation. On July 3, the head of the Republic of Sakha
   wrote on the wrote on the Telegram messaging app that more than 110
   forest fires were raging across about 61,000 hectares, roughly
   three-quarters the size of New York City. On that same day, government
   officials in the Russian Far East declared a state of emergency due to
   the spreading wildfires.

   The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board
   NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over a portion of Siberia on July 2 and
   acquired a true-color image of many dozens of fires burning in the
   forests of the smoke-covered region. Each red “hot spot” marks actively
   burning fire. These fires are burning in the Republic of Sakha (also
   known as Yakutia), which is the largest republic of Russia and covers
   about half of the Russian Far East. While the view from Aqua is
   extensive, this image only shows part of the fires burning in Russia’s
   Far East on that date. Additional fires extended well eastward into
   Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai.

   Image Facts
   Satellite:  Aqua
   Date Acquired: 7/2/2023
   Resolutions:  1km (646.1 KB),  500m (2.1 MB),
   Bands Used: 1,4,3
   Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-07-05
 
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