Wildfires rage near Siberia’s “mouth of hell” — a giant depression that’s getting bigger due to global warming

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/?p=19531

Wildfires blazing in Siberia, as seen by one of the Sentinel 2 satellites on June 11th. (Source: Copernicus Sentinel image data processed by Pierre Markuse)
I started writing this post last week after seeing the stunning satellite image above showing a blazing Siberian wildfire.
When I returned to finish the post today, I learned from a story in the Siberian Times that wildfires in this part of Russia’s Sakha Republic are now threatening a spectacular landscape feature known among locals

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June 18, 2019 at 11:20PM

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