NASA's ocean-studying PACE satellite captures wildfire smoke plumes over Canada from space
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Chelsea Gohd
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A NASA satellite originally designed to study Earth's oceans (PACE - Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) has proven unexpectedly useful for spotting wildfire smoke plumes from space. The article features a photo showing swirls of wildfire smoke over the Great Lakes in Canada, captured in May 2025 by the PACE satellite. The smoke originated from massive wildfires that swept through North America, and the satellite's aerosol-detection capabilities allowed it to track the smoke plumes alongside clouds over land and water.
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· 3 pulledIn this photo, we can see swirls of wildfire smoke over the Great Lakes in Canada.
Fluffy white clouds float over the land and lakes, in contrast to the wisps of gray smoke, which float out from massive wildfires that ripped through North America.
The photo was snapped in May of last year by NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite.
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