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Australian Smoke Plume Sets Records

Potent wildfires sent one of the largest plumes of smoke higher into the stratosphere than certain satellites have ever observed.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Australian Smoke Plume Sets Records.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) data courtesy of Hugh Pumphrey/University of Edinburgh, and CALIPSO data from NASA/CNES. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 31, 2020
Data acquired January 26, 2020