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   May 21, 2023 - Canadian Wildfire Smoke Over Michigan   
      
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      Smoke from wildfires raging in Western Canada covered the skies over   
      Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes in mid-May 2023. On May 18,   
      when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on   
      NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this true-color image, the cloud of   
      smoke was so thick that most of the blue waters of Lake Michigan   
      (west), northern Lake Huron (east) and the greens land of northern   
      Michigan were obscured from view.   
      
      The fires belching this smoke high into the atmosphere, where it can be   
      carried far across North America and the Atlantic Ocean, originate a   
      few thousand miles away in the provinces British Columbia,   
      Saskatchewan, and Alberta. As of May 16, these fires had scorched   
      478,000 hectares (1,800 square miles) which is 10-times the average   
      area burned for this time of year.   
      
      Local media across Michigan have been reporting gorgeous sunrises and   
      sunsets from the smoke, as well as some cloudy days as smoke passes   
      overhead. The cloud cover has been reported to be thick enough to lower   
      the afternoon temperatures. Intermittent poor air quality is another   
      feature of the travelling smoke, especially when rain brings the high   
      altitude pollution closer to the ground.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 5/18/2023   
      Resolutions:  1km (340.4 KB),  500m (810.8 KB),  250m (517.5   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-05-21   
       
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