Look to the skies
September 6th, 2007
Wondering about why the air is so thick? Yesterday we speculated that the smoke and haze were coming from the wildfire down in Henry Coe State Park, but the image above tells the true tale. You can see the smoke emanating from the northeastern part of the state in Plumas National Forest. To really appreciate why a fire so far away is making our eyes itch in Palo Alto, check out the movement of the smoke in the 1km animation for the Western US [via NOAA].
More information from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection here. Another site called Inciweb describes the situation as follows:
The Moonlight Fire has grown to 18,500 acres. The fire is located in the Northeastern Sierra Nevada, along the boundary between Plumas and Lassen counties, predominately on the Plumas National Forest. Containment is 5%.
Fueled by winds from the north, the fire moved south today triggering mandatory and voluntary evacuations.
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