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.

Atmosphere Dust and Haze

Smoke from Western Fires

This color-coded map shows relative aerosol concentrations over the continental United States on July 4, 2012.

Atmosphere Dust and Haze

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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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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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.

Atmosphere Dust and Haze

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

Dust and Haze

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.

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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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Smoke Pall Spans the United States

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

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Fires and Smoke in Russia

This photo-like image from August 4, 2010, shows intense fires burning across central Russia and a thick plume of smoke stretching about 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles).

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Smoke Over West Texas

Winds pushed a plume of smoke from wildfires burning in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles back toward West Texas.

Atmosphere Fires

Smoke over Hudson Bay

Thick smoke choked the skies over Manitoba, Ontario, and Hudson Bay on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Thick swaths of smoke hundreds of kilometers across stretch eastward over Canada’s land and water. The smoke can be distinguished from the nearby clouds by the difference in color. Whereas clouds are bright white, the smoke is dingy gray.

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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.

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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.

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