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One Fire, Two Plumes

As the smoke from this fire makes clear, surface winds do not always blow in the same direction as those at higher altitudes.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Colin Seftor (SSAI) and Mike Fromm (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory).

Published July 21, 2017
Data acquired July 8, 2017

Source:
Aqua > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response