Incredible Google Earth Map of Russia's Wildfires, page 1

I came across this Google Earth map of Russia with an overlay of the wildfires as of July 31st. It looks like the whole country has gone up in smoke. The map is featured on a blog with links to a Russian site with more details.

It's quite amazing that mainstream media in the west are failing to provide good stories with the Russia fire situation. Half of the country, most of its populated part, is on fire. Some pics and videos are quite apocalyptic in nature. Authorities are proving next to useless - even a The Russian Navy's materiel base was reportedly seriously damaged, and as of yesterday there were reports of a fire approaching a nuclear research center in Sarov (former secret town Arzamas-16).

[edit on 8-10-2010 by Springer]

reply to post by Wookiep

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The scale of the fires are unreal when viewed on the Google Earth map. Have you seen the pictures of Moscow? The whole city is bathed in smog and people are still going about their daily lives. The BBC covered a wedding where tradition states that you have a photo taken in front of the Kremlin. The groom carried the bride through the smog for what must have been a very surreal photo. Everyone in Moscow is being asked to stay inside.

reply to post by ExPostFacto

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On the back of the Gulf oil disaster, Pakistan's floods which have displaced millions, India's flash floods and Russia's wildfires you gotta ask yourself: What next?

Originally posted by LarryLove
reply to post by Wookiep

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The scale of the fires are unreal when viewed on the Google Earth map. Have you seen the pictures of Moscow? The whole city is bathed in smog and people are still going about their daily lives. The BBC covered a wedding where tradition states that you have a photo taken in front of the Kremlin. The groom carried the bride through the smog for what must have been a very surreal photo. Everyone in Moscow is being asked to stay inside.

I *have* seen the pics of Moscow, and yes it's bad, but THIS thing you have presented is unreal IMO. There are large fires in my state (Colorado, USA) almost every year, but these things do not often engulf my entire country in any given year... I haven't paid any attention to "Google Earth" until now on this subject yet, only because it is not updated but every few years or so...However, that map you've linked is incredible. Thank you for posting this! BTW, I did view the link in that blog with the videos (from the Russian website)... Crazy times we live in! Again, thank you for the informative thread! ATS is where it's at. Kudos to you!

[edit on 7-8-2010 by Wookiep]

reply to post by Wookiep

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Thank you and you are very welcome. I am still trying to take it all in myself, but it is pretty shocking.

how come the fires in africa and south america aren't being talked about?

firefly.geog.umd.edu...

to me the huge section of southern Africa that appears to be on fire and the huge area of south america that appears to be on fire seems worse than the russian fires

but that map could be misleading so can someone please explain?

Why are there concentrated giant fires in three regions of the earth at one time?

reply to post by LarryLove

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what the?

there is more orange and yellow on that map than there is blue!

one, two, three .... stop barking fido!

uh... one, two, three, four, five.....

um, there is a lot,
et

Originally posted by LarryLove
reply to post by ExPostFacto

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On the back of the Gulf oil disaster, Pakistan's floods which have displaced millions, India's flash floods and Russia's wildfires you gotta ask yourself: What next?

More and more natural disasters are happening. It is a visible sign of the End Times we are living in.

nevermind i just did a comparison of the russia fires to the United States of America and guess what

the russian fires if you placed them in america would basically mean that all of america was on fire except for like the very northeastern states and alaska.

It's the size of mainland united states, pretty much.

That concentrated area of fires is over 2000 miles east to west and 1000 miles north to south.

Crazy as #, you could drive for twenty hours and still be seeing the fires. Then again, could you even drive through that #?

russian-fires.ru...

Zoom out and compare to the United State of America. If you've ever driven across the US (I have) that gives you a very real and close to home idea of how supermassive this is.

Why isn't it on CNN?

[edit on 7-8-2010 by sremmos]

reply to post by sremmos

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It isn't being played out as dramatic as the map shows in UK media. The latest BBC report shows a couple getting married in Moscow amid all the smog! Ah, but that's mainstream media for you. Going by your analysis, the spread of those fires is insane. And there's no let up in sight. Apparently grain exports have been stopped in Russia due to shortages and bread will go up 15% in the UK.

reply to post by LarryLove

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This is Bull....

On this map, the size of the actual fire is not in relation to the size of the icon it receives on the map. For example, I live in the Netherlands, (that little speck on the far left of the map).....My country is mostly engulfed in flames!!!....while I am enjoying a cup of cappuccino in my garden looking at what a appears to be an other beautiful morning. I am sitting smack in the middle of a couple of those flames!!

Should I be worried??

Peace

reply to post by Esoteric Teacher

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And this is Moscow now.

Yet people are still going about their thing. Usual Russian stoicism.

reply to post by operation mindcrime

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Good morning,

I am not sure the icons are supposed to represent the actual size of fire, just where it is located. Some pretty intense fires needed to engulf Moscow in smog.

reply to post by LarryLove

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LarryLove,

Not saying the wildfires in Russia aren't severe. It is actually pretty bad down there right now but to take this map at face value makes no sense.

Peace

Some video footage from Russia:



[edit on 7-8-2010 by LarryLove]

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