A distant capture of the Earth focused over the Americas include significant cloud coverage, primarily over the oceans. However, a grayer shade of atmospheric coverage is obscuring much of the Amazon basin. This smoke also seems to travel south toward Argentina.

Smoke Fills South American Skies

Drought has amplified fire activity across the continent, contributing to exceptionally high carbon emissions in Bolivia and Brazil. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
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TakenSeptember 3, 2024
Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison
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