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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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