NASA has released new photos taken from space showing thick columns of smoke billowing from the numerous large wildfires fires across the Northwest Territories
NASA has released new photos taken from space showing what the wildfires in the Northwest Territories look like from up above.shows the vast extent of the wildfire in the Northwest Territories. The MODIS image shows thick columns of smoke billowing from dozens of large fires across the territory. Among them, several blazes can be seen encircling Yellowknife, the capital and largest city of the territory.that have already burned an area four times the size of Prince Edward Island.
Data shows that as of August 10, 2023, that area totaled 13.5 million hectares , about the size of the state of Mississippi.
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