NASA Wildfire Space Siberia
Northeastern Russia has been experiencing record-breaking heat and drought, resulting in hundreds of intense wildfires throughout the taiga forests of Siberia. NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on Suomi NPP captured amazing natural-color images of large clouds of smoke enveloping the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), while satellite data indicates several small fires burned intermittently in the area for weeks. Read more for a video and additional pictures.



Sakha’s emergencies ministry stated that there are more than 250 fires burning across roughly 5720 square kilometers (2,210 square miles) of land as of July 5. Regional authorities are attempting to extinguish dozens of fires per day, but the situation remains “difficult” and they expect to battle large fires for weeks. Thick smoke has also occasionally enveloped Yakutsk, the largest city in Sakha, along with other parts in the region.

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NASA Wildfire Space Siberia
NASA Wildfire Space Siberia

This is the second consecutive July that intense heat and wildfires have ravaged this region. In 2020, fires raged in Yakutia for much of July and August. Siberia wildlands also burned extensively in 2001, 2005, and 2013, according to a summary of the 2020 Siberian fire season authored by researchers from George Mason University and Siberian Federal University,” said NASA.

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