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This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite on March 21, 2003, shows fires (red dots) smoking in central Kyushu Island in southern Japan.
Image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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Lightning likely ignited several large fires that sent smoke pouring over the Canadian province in early September 2025.
Smoke filled river valleys in northeastern Washington and parts of British Columbia.
Skies turned orange across the city of Ica as winds, locally known as Paracas winds, lofted dust from the coastal…
