A Vertical View of Wildfire Smoke as it Heads to Sea

As satellites observed, an intense wildfire in Quebec, Canada, lofted smoke high into the atmosphere in June 2013. Winds then drove the smoke across the Atlantic Ocean all the way to Europe.

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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.

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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.

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Seeing through Sakha’s Smoke

With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.

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How the Smoke Rises

A satellite sensor is helping scientists understand where smoke is headed and what it means for those breathing it.

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Record-Breaking Smoke Over Canada

Dense plumes darkened the skies over the Northwest Territories in August.

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Wildfire Smoke Reaches the Atlantic

Fires in Quebec, Canada, are the likely source.

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Whitewater-Baldy Fire in New Mexico

The height of a wildfire's smoke plume is key to understanding how far it will blow.

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Smoke Over the Mid-Atlantic

A plume of smoke from wildfires burning in Canada reached the eastern United States.

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Siberian Smoke on the Move

Wildfires in southern Siberia lofted smoke high into the troposphere.

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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.

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Smoke Over Northern Europe and the Atlantic

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Long Smoke Stream over Siberia

Satellites observed a long plume that stretched across the continent from the East Siberian Sea to the Sea of Okhotsk.

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North American Smoke over Spain

Plumes from fires in Canada and the United States have crossed 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.

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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.

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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.

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Smoke over the Dakotas

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Measuring the Height of Smoke over Borneo

Scientists use a satellite called CALIPSO to study smoke plumes.

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Fires in California

Smoke from the recent outbreak of fires in Southern California can clearly be seen from NASA satellites.

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Smoke Signals from the Alaska and Yukon Fires

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