Smoke from Eastern Russia

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Smoke from Fires in Eastern Russia

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Fires and Smoke in Eastern Russia

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Smoke over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Northern Pacific

Russian wildfires sent smoke over the Kamchatka Peninsula and Pacific Ocean in late April 2008. At this time of year, the fires are probably a combination of intentional agricultural fires and accidental human-caused wildfires. Fires south of Lake Baikal and north of the Amur River produced smoke plumes hundreds of kilometers long.

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Smoke from Fires in Eastern Russia

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Siberian Smoke on the Move

Wildfires in southern Siberia lofted smoke high into the troposphere.

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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 from Fires in Eastern Russia

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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 the Dakotas

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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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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 from Canadian Fires Blankets Eastern U.S.

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