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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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