<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/22c921b0-35ef-4a83-a3f4-56bba7503844/6B67D6E7-9C4D-4D44-9942-033B28EA3C60/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/F9E85492-03CC-48B7-8189-2D2E5DCAECE1" alt="Fires in Southern California Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/3F552989-2D03-43EE-B9D7-AE75A2C9DCE8" alt="Image of the globe centered at 40 degrees latitude and -120 degrees longitude." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600"><P class="first">In addition to the dangers that a wildfire’s flames pose to people, wildlife, and property, the smoke that they billow out poses a health hazard over an even larger area. During the fires in Southern California during the fourth week of October, the air quality deteriorated to levels that the Environmental Protection Agency categorizes as <A href="http://cfpub.epa.gov/airnow/index.cfm?action=static.aqi">“unhealthy” </A> in many areas.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=14600">This series of images shows the spread of smoke between October 25-27, as tracked by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA’s <A href="http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov/">Aura</A> satellite. OMI measures how much the smoke particles impede light passing through the atmosphere. Places where smoke particles (aerosols) were thickest are colored pink; relatively clear air is transparent, and clouds are white.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14596" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14596" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14596"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/00E31CE5-678D-40B4-8278-53CE873C69D2" alt="Fires in Southern California Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14596">The image shows the fire burning around Ramona, California, north of downtown San Diego. Flames glow red, yellow, and orange in the infrared-enhanced image, and plumes of smoke are faintly visible traces of blue</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14593" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14593" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14593"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/1BA995EF-D304-4EAD-9731-C3FAB3F50030" alt="Fires in Southern California Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14589" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14589" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14589"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/1FFEDBA3-8CE7-4980-AA6D-BA3AA0E4DBA5" alt="Fires in Southern California Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14595" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14595" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=14595"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/2D00E51E-69FC-4579-A7AB-40E029DAE65D" alt="Fires in Southern California Image. Caption explains image." /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Oct2007/buckweed_qb_2007295_lrg.jpg" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Oct2007/buckweed_qb_2007295_lrg.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">earthobservatory.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Oct2007/buckweed_qb_2007295_lrg.jpg"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/earthobservatory.nasa.gov/img/64FAADB2-21D5-40BD-94F0-398B8C8E2150" alt="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/Archive/Oct2007/buckweed_qb_2007295_lrg.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6B67D6E7-9C4D-4D44-9942-033B28EA3C60/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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