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![]() by Brooks Hays Washington (UPI) Jun 11, 2015
Smoke from wildfires in northern and central Canada is currently drifting across the Mid-Atlantic states, and NASA has the proof. The space agency's Terra satellite photographed the smoke hovering over Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia on Wednesday, June 10. Terra's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snapped the natural-color shot. NASA posted the photo to its website on Thursday. The smoke -- sourced from wildfires scattered across Manitoba and Canada's Northwest Territory and propelled by the jet stream -- traveled more than 1,600 miles to arrive atop the Mid-Atlantic states. Before arriving on the Eastern Seaboard, the smoke drifted across the Midwest, resulting in hazy skies above Minnesota and Wisconsin on Monday and Tuesday. The same haze made for unique sunsets across the Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday evening. Check it out DC - Gorgeous red sun! @capitalweather @weatherchannel @JimCantore @FamousDC @dcfocused #myweather @AMHQ pic.twitter.com/x23pKusXVC— Jim Havard (@JimHavard) June 10, 2015 Smoke particles scattered the blues and purples sometimes seen during early evening, leaving behind an intensely orange, red and pink sky and setting sun. The size of smoke particles scatter other colors, pink and orange are left to be seen. http://t.co/VYYAZT05ro pic.twitter.com/tP8SilckOl— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) June 10, 2015 Things weren't so pretty in Canada. As of Monday, environmental officials counted 50 active wildfires in Saskatchewan alone -- many uncontrolled and some requiring evacuations.
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