NASA Image Reveals Wildfire Haze Over US So Big It Can Be Seen From Space

A new satellite image released by NASA has captured dramatic clouds of smoke and dust from the wildfires that have ravaged parts of Canada.

The plumes from some blazes were so thick and widespread that they could be seen from a viewpoint in space well beyond that of the moon.

The image was taken on May 31 by NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) on the DSCOVR satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

EPIC is positioned a million miles from the Earth's surface, around four times farther than the orbit of the moon.

(For comparison's sake, most polar orbiting satellites observe the Earth fat an altitude of less than 621 miles.)

The satellite image captures smoke mostly from the fires in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The p