Another possible pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) event occurred in the Lake Baikal region of eastern Russia during the 10-11 May 2013 period. MTSAT-2 visible channel images (above; click image to play animation) showed evidence of pyroCb cloud blow-ups, and MTSAT-2 shortwave IR images (below; click image to play animation) revealed clusters of fire activity “hot spots” (dark […]