Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory features the Northwestern United States, where smoke can be seen rising from wildfires in the northern Rocky Mountains. 

“According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) on September 9, at least 96 large fires were burning on 690,000 acres in eight states. Many of the fires were clustered in the Northern Rockies, the Great Basin, and the Pacific Northwest, with 37 burning in Idaho, 22 in Montana, 12 apiece in Oregon and Washington, and 10 in California,” says NASA.

“Many of the fires were clustered in the Northern Rockies, the Great Basin, and the Pacific Northwest, with 37 burning in Idaho, 22 in Montana, 12 apiece in Oregon and Washington, and 10 in California.”

The image was captured on September 8, 2022 by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 satellite.

Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory 

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By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer