Snowfall and hotspots are highlighted on the Russian and Chinese landscape.
Snowfall and fire are juxtaposed in this Suomi NPP satellite image of China and Russian captured on March 21, 2018. It is unclear whether these are deliberately set fires for the purpose of clearing fields for planting or if they are wildfires. The fires span across the border from China to Russia.
Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS’s thermal bands using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument, are outlined in red. NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner
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