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Satellite photo of smoky Western skies

September 17, 2020 | 7:24 a.m. PDT

smoky western skies Satellite photo at 4:26 p.m. MDT Sept. 17, 2020
Satellite photo at 4:26 p.m. MDT Sept. 16, 2020. (an earlier photo had an incorrect date)

The satellite photo shows smoky skies in the Western states caused by wildfires in California and Oregon.

Current information about air quality and smoke can be found at https://wildfiretoday.com/tag/smoke/

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