Australia's bushfires are producing so much smoke that NASA expects it to travel all the way around the world and return to Australia

https://news.yahoo.com/australias-bushfires-producing-much-smoke-104612226.html

(Sinéad Baker)
,INSIDER•January 14, 2020

NASA predicts that the massive bushfires devastating Australia will produce enough smoke to make at least one full circuit around the planet and return to Australia.

NASA's Goddard research center said the smoke had already "traveled halfway around Earth" as of January 8, "crossing South America, turning the skies hazy, and causing colorful sunrises and sunsets."

It continued: "The smoke is expected to make at least one full circuit around the globe, returning once again to the skies over Australia."

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NASA drew particular attention to Australia's neighbor New Zealand, saying: "The smoke is having a dramatic impact on New Zealand, causing severe air quality issues across the county and visibly darkening mountaintop snow."

The fires have turned skies in parts of New Zealand sky orange, even though the country is about 1,200 miles away.

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