Animated GIF of Smoke Cascading Off West Coast of U.S. (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Animated GIF of Smoke Cascading Off West Coast of U.S.

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NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured these series of images (made into an animated GIF) showing the winds changing direction on Sep. 06, 2020 when choking clouds of brown smoke began to billow and cascade into the Pacific Ocean. (Dates displayed in lower left hand corner.) By Sep. 10, the smoke cloud had traveled over 1,300 miles.

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