Smoke from several fires on Portugal’s mainland and nearby Madeira Island continues to stream over the Atlantic Ocean.
This natural color image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard Terra at 8 a.m. EDT (12:00 UTC) on Aug. 12, 2016. Smoke appears light brown and was blowing to the southwest. Red areas indicate heat signatures of the fires.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, NASA Goddard Rapid Response Team
Caption: Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.