Wildfires

Smoke From Australian Bushfires Blown Almost to Antarctica

The image above was created using data from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite instrument, or OMPS, on the Suomi NPP satellite. The big magenta-colored spot to the south of Western Australia shows the highest concentration of aerosols from the wildfire smoke. When you follow the lighter blue plume from there to the south and east, you can see some aerosols just off the coast of Antarctica.