Smoke in Nunavut, Northwest Territories

Satellite
Canada
SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, ORBIMAGE

Fires near Great Bear Lake are still sending large smoke plumes northward and then eastward into Nunavut. The large landmass in the upper left quadrant of the SeaWiFS image is Victoria Island.

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