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Wildfire Smoke Plume Seen from Space

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On August 18, 2011, a lightning strike in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness region of northeastern Minnesota sparked a forest fire. On September 12, the Incident Information System reported that the Pagami Creek Fire “made an unprecedented 16-mile run to the east, reaching the edge of Polly Lake. The fire became a plume-driven event and reached in excess of 60,000 acres.”
These natural-color images document the rapid expansion of the fire in just a matter of hours. more...

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