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Wildfire smoke contains dark sooty particles that can “burn off” clouds.


NASA image courtesy the LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published August 8, 2013
Data acquired July 30, 2013

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Terra > MODIS