Fires and smoke across Manitoba, Canada

Beginning on August 1, 2003, dozens of large fires were burningacross western North America in Canada (top half of images) and the UnitedStates (bottom half). Huge plumes of smoke were streaming northeastward frommassive fires in Canada’s British Columbia (left) and Alberta (right)provinces, while across the international border, fires were burning in (leftto right) Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This series of images was acquired by the Moderate Resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Aqua satellite and Terra satellites.

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Images by the MODIS Rapid Response team.

Published August 19, 2003
Data acquired August 19, 2003

Source:

Terra > MODIS

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