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-- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

2020 FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN U S Fire season in the Western United States can stretch from late spring until the winter rains arrive near the end of the calendar year Climate change has made the past few years warmer and drier, intensifying some natural fire cycles

* Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix (Image from Jun 14, 2020; Posted Jun 16, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/146851/bush-fire-scorches-lands-near-phoenix/?src=nha

-- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) --

DUST STORM SEASON IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST Seasonal changes in wind strength and direction can loft copious amounts of dust into the air and carry it across seas and ocean basins

* Dust Traverses the Atlantic Ocean (Image from Jun 18, 2020; Posted Jun 19, 2020)
    https://earthobservatory
nasa
gov/images/146871/dust-traverses-the-atlantic-ocean/?src=nha

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