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   May 17, 2023 - Western Canada Continues to Burn   
      
      Fires   
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      Raging fires continued to fill the skies of southern Canada and the   
      northern United States with smoke in mid-May 2023. The fires had   
      scorched 478,000 hectares (1,800 square miles) in Alberta, British   
      Columbia, and Saskatchewan, as of May 16, which is 10-times the average   
      area burned for this time of year.   
      
      The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s   
      Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of the continuing   
      conflagrations on May 16. Dozens of active fires are marked in red and   
      plumes of gray smoke can be seen pouring from them. Smoke has risen   
      high in the atmosphere to form a massive river of smoke which is   
      traveling eastward and dips south to impact northern North Dakota and   
      Minnesota.   
      
      As of the evening of May 16, there were 89 wildland fires burning in   
      Alberta, a quarter of which were classified as out of control, meaning   
      the fires were expected to grow in size. A majority of the 478,000   
      hectares burned in mid-May 2023 have been in Alberta, according to the   
      Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, but several fires were   
      classified as burning out of control on that day in British Columbia   
      and Saskatchewan.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/15/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (1.2 MB),  500m (4.2 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=2023-05-17   
       
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