SeaWiFS: Smoke around the Canadian Maritime Provinces

The smoke from the fires in Alberta has been drawn into nearly a complete circle around the Canadian Maritime Provinces by a low pressure system over the area. The brownish smoke ring has a diameter of roughly 1300 kilometers.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published June 1, 2001
Data acquired June 1, 2001

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topic:

Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Biomass Burning