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Fires in the Northwest Territories, Canada

August 15, 2017
Image of the northwest territories

Fires burning south of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories in Canada are seen here in this true-color image captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite on August 12, 2017. Several Public Weather Alerts for the region have been issued for the Yellowknife Region north of Great Slave Lake.