Heat Intensifies Siberian Wildfires (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Heat Intensifies Siberian Wildfires

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The map above shows land surface temperature anomalies for July 20, 2013. Rather than depicting absolute temperatures, the map shows how much the temperatures for that week differed from the long-term average for the area.

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Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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