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At the Intersection of Clouds and Smoke

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

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story At the Intersection of Clouds and Smoke.

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