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While wildfires are common in California and the Western United States, they are also devastating weather related events. Many are caused by the dry conditions, high winds, and low humidity.NASA Earth Observatory

The California Moonlight and Lick fires are producing large amounts of smoke as can be seen from this GOES-11 Satellite image. Notice the yellow tint in the smoke versus the white of the regular cloud cover.NOAA

While wildfires are common in California and the Western United States, they are also devastating weather related events. Many are caused by the dry conditions, high winds, and low humidity.NASA Earth Observatory

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