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A Smoky Summer in Alaska

Satellite imagery shows smoke from hundreds of wildland fires darkening skies.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Smoky Summer in Alaska.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published July 5, 2022
Data acquired July 1, 2022

Source:: Suomi NPP > VIIRS