Fires in Canada's Prairie Provinces

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Smoke from several large prairie fires in Saskatchewan, Canada, is visible in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on June 15, 2002.

Image courtesy Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Numerous fires were burning in Canada in the the prairies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba from late May well into June 2002.

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West-southwest winds drove smoke away from numerous larges fires in Saskatchewan, Canada, on July 1, 2010.

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West-southwest winds drove smoke away from numerous larges fires in Saskatchewan, Canada, on July 1, 2010.

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