We got the smoke. See how it travels.

Hundreds of fires have burned in Canada and the northwestern U.S. A NASA visualization tracks how wildfire smoke traveled in North America from mid-July to early August, showing the sprawling size of the impact.

Source: Fast Company, August 17, 2026. Link.

Unlike larger dust particles, tiny smoke particles can stay suspended for days. A typical smoke particle might last in the atmosphere for a week or more.”