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Wildfires Send Smoke Across the United States
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Wildfires Send Smoke Across the United States

Satellite sensors track aerosols from the U.S. West Coast to the Great Lakes in mid-August 2012.

Published Aug 19, 2012

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Smoke Pall Spans the United States
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Smoke Pall Spans the United States

Smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest stretched across the United States.

Published Sep 6, 2017

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Thick Smoke over Wyoming
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Thick Smoke over Wyoming

Acquired August 14, 2012, this image shows thick smoke plumes spanning Wyoming. Wildfire smoke from outside Wyoming collected over the state.

Published Aug 16, 2012

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An American Aerosol in Paris
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An American Aerosol in Paris

Smoke from wildfires burning across the western United States and Canada drifted all the way to Europe.

Published Sep 15, 2017

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Wildfires Smoke Crosses the Atlantic
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Wildfires Smoke Crosses the Atlantic

Satellite observations suggest fires in Quebec sent smoke billowing across the Atlantic; but pinpointing the source can pose a scientific challenge.

Published Jul 2, 2013

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Smoke over the U.S. Midwest
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Smoke over the U.S. Midwest

Acquired June 8, 2011, this natural-color image shows smoke from Arizona wildfires over the U.S. Midwest.

Published Jun 9, 2011

Dust and Haze

Smoky Mountain West
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Smoky Mountain West

Numerous raging wildfires and possible dust events spread a pall of smoke over much of the western and midwestern United States.

Published Jun 28, 2012

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Wildfire Smoke over the Atlantic Ocean
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Wildfire Smoke over the Atlantic Ocean

Acquired September 19, 2012, this natural-color image shows smoke from wildfires in the western United States over the Atlantic Ocean.

Published Sep 20, 2012

Atmosphere Dust and Haze

Increased Fire Comes with Increased Health Risks
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Increased Fire Comes with Increased Health Risks

Researchers believe recent fire seasons give a taste of the more active wildfires of the future. Such fires are likely to increase air pollution, even as emissions from industry and motor vehicles have fallen in recent decades.

Published Aug 23, 2016

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Smoke over Colorado
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Smoke over Colorado

Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.

Published Jun 6, 2011

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Smoke from Fires in Canada
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Smoke from Fires in Canada

A thick, gray-brown cloud of smoke stretches across hundreds of kilometers over Canada’s Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in this image from June 26, 2010.

Published Jun 28, 2010

Atmosphere Dust and Haze

Smoky Skies in North America
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Smoky Skies in North America

Winds carried thick plumes of smoke and pollution across the United States and Canada.

Published Aug 16, 2018

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Which Way Will the Smoke Go?
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Which Way Will the Smoke Go?

A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.

Published Nov 6, 2018

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Canadian Wildfires Produce River of Smoke
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Canadian Wildfires Produce River of Smoke

Smoke from fires in Canada streamed into the United States.

Published Jul 1, 2015

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Smoke Goes Around the World
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Smoke Goes Around the World

Wildfires in Alaska and Canada send smoke plumes wafting in opposite directions around the Northern Hemisphere.

Published Jul 18, 2015

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Smoke from Alberta Streams into the United States
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Smoke from Alberta Streams into the United States

Winds pushed plumes of smoke from an intense wildfire in Alberta southeast into the Great Plains.

Published May 9, 2016

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Canadian Fires Send Smoke Over the U.S.
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Canadian Fires Send Smoke Over the U.S.

An unusually thick plume of smoke from wildfires in Alberta, Canada, wafted across U.S. Midwest and eastern states.

Published Jun 11, 2015

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