NASA Earth Observatory photo captures Western wildfire smoke

North American wildfires seen from space--NASA Earth Observatory — North American wildfires seen from space–NASA Earth Observatory

NASA satellite images taken this weekend picked up smoke plumes coming from fires in the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Read more about the images on NASA’s Earth Observatory website.

Pyrocumulus clouds seen from space--NASA Earth Observatory. — Pyrocumulus clouds seen from space–NASA Earth Observatory.

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Question: Is there a point at which the system might come under enough strain that incident commanders might consider less aggressive strategies because of resource limits? With the northwest fires soaking up resources, where are we relative to the point and how many large new starts would it take to be a problem?

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