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On June 24, 2003, the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) saw thick haze (perhaps smoke from Canadian fires) along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. The haze is being concentrated around a low pressure center offshore.
Image courtesy the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE
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