Fires in Quebec, Canada, Send Smoke to U.S.

This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image taken from NASA’s Aqua satellite on July 8, 2002, shows smoke from wildfires (red dots) in Quebec, Canada, drifting southward over the United States and finally out into the Atlantic ocean.

The high-resolution scene provided here is 500 meters per pixel. For a copy of the scene at the sensor’s fullest resolution, visit the MODIS Rapid Response Image Gallery.

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NASA Earth Observatory image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.

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July 8, 2002

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