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On April 29, 2022, the GOES East satellite captured this dynamic imagery of massive grayish-white smoke plumes emanating from the Cerro Pelado, Cooks Peak, and the combined Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires in New Mexico, while a brownish dust storm raced southward from the Colorado Plains.
According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts in Colorado reached up to 60 mph due to a boundary diving southward, and the dust carried caused visibility to drop to near zero in what was called “brown-out” conditions.
As of May 2, 2022, the fires in this imagery had consumed roughly 181,000 acres (283 square miles) combined, an area about the size of Lexington, Kentucky.
Welcome to fire season 2021.
Recommend PBS ‘Extinction: The Facts”:
https://www.pbs.org/video/extinction-the-facts-8dbqlc/
Aired last night on PBS, first time I saw it, but it’s a year old – apologies if mentioned before.