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TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08
May 17, 2023 - Western Canada Continues to Burn

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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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