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Fires In Alaska and Northern Canada

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Jun 28, 2004
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2004-06-27 00:00:00
June 27, 2004

Thick smoke hung over eastern Alaska and northwestern Canada on June 27, 2004. The smoke is rising from several lightning-induced fires, which have been burning since mid-June. This image was captured by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on the Orbview-2 satellite. Tan smoke colors the clouds over much of Alaska and down the coast of British Colombia.

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Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

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