VIIRS Nightfire Captures a Short-lived Thermal Spike after the Ras Laffan Incident

Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Research Associate Mikhail Zhizhin and Director Morgan Bazilian look at how on Sunday evening, June 21, 2026, reports described an explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, specifically at the Barzan gas processing facility.  June 24, 2026.