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Wildfire under cloud cover in the Sakha Republic, within the Arctic Circle, Russia on June 2, 2020
Wildfire under cloud cover in the Sakha Republic, within the Arctic Circle, Russia on June 2, 2020 Image: Pierre Markuse (Flickr)

High clouds don’t obscure the blazes from satellite. It’s important to note that what looks like “flames” in the satellite imagery represent hot spots within the fire.