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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on April 20.

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English: Spring fires burned across eastern Asia in late April, 2015. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on April 20. Actively burning areas are marked in red, and most are accompanied by heavy smoke. A few dark burn scars are visible through the smoke.

Most of the fires cluster in the mountains of southern Russia, with several burning in Mongolia. China, in the southeast, is marked with only a few red hotspots, but smoke from the northeast pours over the region. Clouds cover the eastern section of the image.

Farmers in this region traditionally set fires to their dried grass in the spring to prepare their land for the new growing season. This year (2015) in April, unusually warm temperatures and strong winds turned the tradition into raging out of control fires. According to media reports, wildfires in the Russian region of Khakassia in southern Siberia have killed 15 people and caused damage worth at least $96 million.
Date Taken on 20 April 2015
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Fires and smoke in eastern Asia (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2015-04-23.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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