Fires in Southern Siberia November 26, 2007 At the southern end
of the West Siberia Plain, several large and smoky fires were
burning in the area around Novosibirsk on May 19, 2006. This
image of the fires (outlined in red) was captured by the MODIS
on NASA's Terra satellite. According to news reports, May 2006
has been hot and dry, with accompanying high fire danger. The
West Siberia Plain is a wet region, and it has large amounts of
peat. Peat fires can be long-lived and can produce vast amounts
of smoke. It is possible that some of the large, smoky fires
seen in this image are peat fires. Topics: Environment, Fuels,
Coal, Ecological succession, Peat swamp forest, Siberia,
Wildfire, Sediments, Peat