Smoke over Hanford Nuclear Reservation

Wildfire is sweeping the area near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington. You can just barely make out the gray cloud of smoke near the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers in this SeaWiFS image.

The sediment output of the Fraser River into the Strait of Georgia is more prominent in the foreground of this southeastward-looking image.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published June 28, 2000
Data acquired June 28, 2000

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Atmosphere > Aerosols > Dust/Ash

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning