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   July 2, 2022 - Smoke over Alaska and Canada   
      
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      An early and active fire season filled the air over Southern Alaska   
      with smoke in late June 2022. The Moderate Resolution Imaging   
      Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a   
      true-color image of the smoky scene on June 29.   
      
      Abundant cloud cover over the Gulf of Alaska (south), the Bering Sea   
      (southwest), the Chukchi Sea (northwest) and the Beaufort Sea   
      (northeast), as well as scattered “popcorn” clouds over Alaska and snow   
      clinging to high elevations complicate the scene, making it difficult   
      to pinpoint landmarks. However, the sediment-filled Cook Inlet, located   
      near the center of the image, gives a good reference point for   
      orientation. The city of Anchorage sits at the tip of Cook Inlet. The   
      smoke stretches from Southwestern Alaska, well west of Cook Inlet, to   
      Yukon, Canada in the east, a span of more than 600 miles (966 km).   
      
      According UAFSmoke on July 1, data from the Alaska Interagency   
      Coordination Center was currently tracking 382 fires in Alaska. These   
      fires were of all types: active, smoldering, or in the process of being   
      demobilized.   
      
      Inciweb Incident Information System reports only 6 large fires on that   
      same date, but some of these fires are massive. The East Fork Fire,   
      which reached 100% containment on June 25 had burnt 250,725 Acres since   
      May 31. The Line Complex Fire, burning in an isolated area west of Cook   
      Inlet—likely where the heaviest smoke is found in this image—is made up   
      of eight staffed and ten unstaffed fires, with a total combined size of   
      715,595 acres. These were all ignited by lightning strikes in very dry   
      vegetation. Red Flag warnings across most of Southern Alaska will   
      continue, thanks to warm, dry weather and high winds.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 6/19/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (3.6 MB),  500m (11.3 MB),  250m (8.1 MB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-07-02   
       
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