NASA view shows hazy horror of wildfire smoke stretching across US – CNET [CNET]

The Suomi NPP satellite is run by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A true-color view of the US from Monday shows the effects of many active wildfires as pinpointed in red in the image. 

“Obscuring the surface is a blanket of smoke from California to Arkansas with a haze present over the East Coast as well,” said NASA in a release on Tuesday.

California is a major source of smoke due to fires across the state, including one that was sparked by a pyrotechnic at a gender-reveal party. Other western states haven’t escaped the devastation as wildfires burn across the Pacific Northwest and in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.  

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