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Flooding of the Ob River, Russia

These true- and false-color images show flooding along the Ob’ (large east-west running river) and Irtysh (southern tributary of the Ob’) on July 7, 2002, and July 27 (farther north than previous scene). In the false-color images, land surfaces are orange-gold and flood waters are black or dark blue. Fires are marked with red dots in both images. Rivers


Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Published August 25, 2002
Data acquired July 27 - 27, 2002

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Topics:
Human Dimensions > Natural Hazards > Fires
Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Floods
Collections:
MODIS Rapid Response
Visible Earth