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Beginning in late March 2018, the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites detected several fires burning in Russia's far eastern Amur Province.

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Smoke plumes rise from landscape in Russia's eastern Amur Province on April 22. (Image: VIIRS/Suomi NPP)
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Small fires dot the landscape in this March 29 image from NOAA-20.
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This NOAA-20 image from April 24 shows large burn scars and several new fires in the region.