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Smoke from Canada’s wildfires in clouds

Image taken from the Aqua satellite on May 9, 2016.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of the clouds over Canada yesterday (May 9, 2016). NASA said:

Entwined within the clouds is the smoke billowing up from the wildfires that are currently burning across a large expanse of the country. The smoke has become entrained within the clouds causing it to twist within the circular motion of the clouds and wind.

This image was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the Aqua satellite …

Via NASA

Posted 
May 10, 2016
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