GOES-15 Sees Blanket of Smoke From Western U.S. Fires

The GOES-15 satellite keeps a stationary eye over the western U.S. and the smoke from the fires raging in many of the states have created a brownish-colored blanket over the region. The dawn's early light revealed smoke and haze throughout the Midwest, arising from forest fires throughout the Rockies. While the most publicized fires occur along the populous eastern range in Colorado, the great smoke plumes in this image came from Wyoming. NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, captured this visible image on June 28 at 1245 UTC (8:45 a.m. EDT). This image was created by the NASA GOES Project at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. For more information about NASA fire coverage, visit the NASA Fire page at: www.nasa.gov/fires.

Image: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. Caption: NASA Goddard, Rob Gutro