The fires raging in British Columbia aren’t just confined to the province: a NASA satellite captured the smoke as it blanketed the skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan earlier this week.
There are nearly 600 fires burning across B.C. which is in its third day of a province-wide state of emergency. Between Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon 36 new fires started, mostly sparked by lightning.
This NASA satellite image was taken 1.5 million kilometres away on Aug. 15. The smoke from the fires in B.C. are seen clearly even at this distance. (NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA/DSCOVR )
NASA used two satellites to image the smoke: the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS on its Suomi NPP satellite and the DSCOVR satellite
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