Hundreds of fires Burned Across western Russia Wed, August 2, 2010, but it is the smoke That conveyer the magnitude of the disaster in this true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite. Its gray-brown smoke extends Across the width of this image, a distance of about 1.700 kg m (1,000 miles). The smoke continues Clearly Both east and west beyond the edge of the image, and is visible in Both previous and successive orbit of the Terra satellite. The smoke is so thick That It Is Not Possible to see the ground Beneath it. Image Credits: NASA / MODIS Rapidshare Response Read More