NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned by Wildfires

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What happened

The Wildhorse grass fire in eastern Idaho erupted with a massive pulse of smoke.

No one had expected it, but the wildfire had launched what’s known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or pyroCb.

Key facts

  • Reported by NASA and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:34:57 UTC.

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