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Limited enforcement of laws against burning and a large number of abandoned fields contribute to the high frequency of fires in this part of Russia.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jeff Schmaltz, using VIIRS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Jessica McCarty (Miami University), Alexander Prishchepov (University of Copenhagen), and Svetlana Turubanova (University of Maryland).
Published March 27, 2018 Data acquired March 18, 2018