Satellite photo of a deep green landscape. The top right corner is mostly covered by a patchwork of small altocumulus clouds, the land showing between not significant enough to make any discernable insights. A much smaller patch of similar clouds are also found in the lower left. Streaked between the two patches of clouds is a significant amount of smoke, discernable origin points near the top left, mid center left where Fort Nelson is, and lower center. The smoke is blown to the right of the image and the origin points are opaque, but the bottom right appears somewhat translucent and imparts a somewhat blue hue to the ground seen below.

Smoke and Fire in British Columbia

Unusually early and intense fires are spreading rapidly amid drought and high winds. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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TakenMay 11, 2024

Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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