Wildfires near Chernobyl, Ukraine
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Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm), Near-Infrared (1.61 µm and 2.25 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.74 µm) images (above) showed visible and thermal signatures of a cluster of wildfires burning west of the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 13 April 2020. The fire had reportedly burned about 8600... Read More