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Northwest Territories Ablaze

Boreal forests in this northerly Canadian territory have evolved to burn, but the increasing frequency of fires is putting ecosystems to the test.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Northwest Territories Ablaze.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) and data from DSCOVR EPIC. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 13, 2024
Data acquired August 10 - 11, 2024