Here’s What California’s Thick Blanket of Wildfire Smoke Looks Like From Orbit
NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, records what’s happening on the surface of the Earth every day or two. That means recording dust storms, hurricanes, typhoons—and, as was the case this week, a thick layer of smoke over California. This image was captured on Monday, and shows brown smoke drifting over the coastline of…