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English: When lightning storms passed over the Canadian province of British Columbia in July and August 2018, they ignited several hundred fires in forests that were already primed to burn. Abnormally hot, dry weather had stressed vegetation and parched the soil. And infestations of mountain pine beetle had left many forests with large numbers of dead trees.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured this image of British Columbia’s smoky landscape on August 13, 2018. Some of the thickest smoke lingered in the valleys, but plumes had also spread well beyond the province into Washington state and deep into the U.S. Midwest.

Plumes of wildfire smoke can have a significant impact on people and the environment. Small particles in smoke pose a health risk because they can easily enter the lungs and bloodstream. And dark particles in smoke can land on snow and ice and accelerate melting by absorbing heat and reducing the reflectivity of the surface.
Deutsch: Als Gewitterstürme mit Blitzen im Juli und August über die kanadische Provinz British Columbia hinwegzogen, entzündeten sie mehrere hundert Feuer in Wäldern, die bereits hervorragend auf Waldbrände geeignet waren. Abnormal heißes, trockenes Wetter nahm die Vegetation stark in Anspruch und hat den Boden ausgetrocknet. Und der Befall von Bergkiefernkäfer führte dazu, daß es in manchen Wäldern eine große Zahl toter Bäume gab.

Der Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) auf dem Satelliten Terra nahm dieses Bild der verrauchten Landschaft in British Columbiaam 13. August auf. Der dickste Rauch durchzieht dabei die Täler, doch haben sich Rauchwolken weit über die Provinzgrenzen hinaus in den US-Bundesstaat Washington und tief in den Mittleren Westen.

Rauchwolken von Waldbränden können eine signifikante Auswirkung auf Menschen und Umwelt haben. Kleine Partikel im Rauch sind ein Gesundheitsrisiko, weilsie leicht in die Lungen und den Blutkreislauf gelangen. Und dunkle Partikel im Rauch können sich auf Schnee und Eis ablagern und soderen Schmelze beschleunigen, weil sie Wärme absorbieren und die Reflektivität der Oberfläche verringern.
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Source https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92604/smoke-blankets-british-columbia
Author NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.
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