A satellite photo of the wildfire in the BWCA shows its breadth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this on Sept. 13, one day after the fire 'made an unprecedented 16-mile run to the east.
Eventually the smoke drifted over the Ukraine.
Photo by NOAA
Josephine Marcotty has covered the environment in Minnesota for eight years, with expertise in water quality, agriculture, critters and mining. Prior to that she was a medical reporter, with an emphasis on mental illness, transplant medicine and reproductive health care.
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