File:Fires and smoke in northern Canada (MODIS 2015-07-14).jpg
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA�s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of smoke from hundreds of wildfires in western Canada riding the jet stream southward on June 30.
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English: The 2015 fire season got off to an unusually early start in Canada when blazes broke out in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia and Alberta in late May. As the season has progressed, the air in western Canada � as well as large swaths of the United States � grew gray and hazy with smoke.
Beginning on June 28, a sharp trough in the jet stream sent a river of smoke streaming south into the United States. By June 30, the smoke snaked far south and then northeast, affecting the air quality in parts of over 20 states. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA�s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image of smoke from hundreds of wildfires in western Canada riding the jet stream southward on June 30. The smoke covers parts of the following states: South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. |
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| Date | Taken on 30 June 2015 | ||
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Fires and smoke in northern Canada (direct link)
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| Author | Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC |
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